Description

HEADCORN HIGH STREET
TQ 8344 (North side)
10/64 Mortley and the
Village Shop

GV II

Shop row and dwelling. C16 and earlier, with C18 and later alterations and
additions. Timber framed. Ground floor painted brick, first floor tile-hung.
Exposed studding with rendered infilling to long left side of wing. 2
timber-framed bays, with cross-wing to left of approximately 3 timber-framed
bays projecting to front and rear. Front bay of wing probably built as shop.
Separately framed, and possibly older section to right of stack. 2 storeys.
Evidence for continuous jetty to 2 left timber-framed bays of main range.
Hipped roof to wing with ridge lower than main range. Roof of main range
in 2 sections, that to right of stack higher. Ridge stack to left end of
right section, towards centre of main range. 2 truncated stacks to left
side of wing. Irregular fenestration of five 3-light casements; one to wing,
one to left section of main range and 3, set lower, to right section. C20
ground floor shop fronts. Half-glazed doors; to Mortley to left end of
main range and to Village Shop towards right end. Interior: only partly
inspected. Exposed framing to Mortley with moulded beam over probable shop
front of wing. Combed plaster panel to first floor of wing.

Listing NGR: TQ8333944233

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26314000

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Recommended Books

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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)