Description

SJ 50 NE; 1/79

LEIGHTON AND EATON,
EATON CONSTANTINE,
CONSTANTINE C.P.,
Wayside

GV

II

Open hall house, now cottage. C15 or C16, re-modelled during C17,
with later additions and alterations. Timber-framed of cruck construction with painted brick and plaster infill, partly re-built in
painted brick and local rubblestone; thatch roof, half-hipped to
right gable end. Original plan a central open hall with service and
solar bays at each end. One storey and attic lit by central gable;
framing: partly exposed to front and back walls, square panels, two
from cill to wall-plate; irregular fenestration, two late C19
casements on ground floor to right of C20 gabled timber porch, which has a
fixed-light window to left and a late C20 casement to far left, central
gable with late C19 casement; red brick ridge stack to left of porch
and external end stack to right with blocked doorway immediately to
left of ridge stack. INTERIOR: has three true cruck trusses, formerly
with collar beams, one of which appears to have been re-set in cross
wall of right-hand ground-floor room [apexes not seen at time of
re-survey (1985) but yokes partly visible and more of each cruck may survive in
roof space]; single-trenched purlins and straight wind braces. The
left gable end is now brick clad but may conceal a further cruck truss.

Listing NGR: SJ5987706257

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26306901

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