Description

HEADCORN HIGH STREET
TQ 8344 (South side)
10/76 Chequers
26.4.68

GV II

House. C16 with earlier wing to right, restored 1980s. Timber framed,
with rendered infilling. Plain tile roof. C16 central section of 2
timber-framed bays, that to right shorter and subdivided into 2 on ground
floor. Cross-wing to right, extending to rear. Separately framed bay
or cross-wing to left. 2 storeys on stone plinth. Right wing jettied
on solid brackets. Continuous jetty to central section with slender
moulded shafts beneath solid brackets. Left end bay probably formerly
jettied, now underbuilt. Right end bay and right central by close-
studded. Broadly-spaced close-studding to left central bay. Broadly-
spaced studding with 2 tension braces to left and bay. Right wing with
higher eaves and lower ridge, hipped to front with gablet. Left end bay
formerly with lower eaves, now roofed with central section, with hip to
left and hipped down to right wing. Slender projecting brick stack to
left end, brick stack to left end of right central bay and rear brick stack
to junction of central section and right wing. Irregular fenestration of
4 casements. Ribbed door to right end of central section. Interior not
inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ8336444195

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26305691

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments