Description

SJ 84 SW
1/3

SWYNNERTON
RIDDING BANK
Hanchurch
School House, Mayfields, Ivy Cottage

(Formerly listed as School House at Hanchurch)

24.1.67

II
Of medieval origin in part but generally much altered and divided into 3 dwellings.
T-shaped on plan. The hall wing on right-hand side, which is Mayfield, has modern
cement rendered front to earlier timber frame exposed internally with central cruck
truss, cruck spurs, stop chamfered ceiling beams to ground storey and massive stone
chimney at east end,having ingle fireplace with deep roll-moulded beam. Ivy Cottage
is an early C19 2-storeyed brick wing at rear. Cross wing on left-hand side, which
is School House, is C17, of exposed timber frame with square panel studwork; 2
storeyed and with front gable having billet moulded soffit to tie beam with cruciform
ornamented studwork below. Modern windows on old brackets; tiles throughout.

Listing NGR: SJ8485441276

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26290767

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)