Description

TR 05 NW SHELDWICH ASHFORD ROAD
(east side)
North Street

1/70 Nos.1&2 Halke Cottages

II

House, now 2 cottages. C15. Timber framed and part exposed with painted brick
infill, part weatherboarded, right return clad with painted brick. Plain tiled
roof. Hall house with separately roofed parlour and service wings. Two
storeyed wings left and right to central range of one storey and attic, end
wings originally jettied, now underbuilt. Hipped roofs, returned on wings with
gablets. One gabled dormer. Stack cluster to centre left, and projecting and
offset stack at end right. Irregular fenestration of wooden casements. Rib
and stud door to left, boarded door to right. Rear: the original entrance front,
obscured by outshots, but with jetty and dragon posts revealed. Interior:
the wing to right with ogee bracing to hall range and 2 four centred arched
doorways to hall range. Crown post roofs. House described as 'early' and
'rare' (See B.0:E. Kent II, 1983, 460).

Listing NGR: TR0141757819

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26323342

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)