Description

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TR 2457 WINGHAM STAPLE ROAD

9/402 Oasthouse 30 metres to
North of Dambridge
Farmhouse

GV II

Oasthouse. c.1800 re-roofed c.1873. Red brick in Flemish bond with hipped peg
tiled roof and brick eaves cornice. A T-shaped building of 2 storeys and
basement comprising storage range and 2 kilns. North elevation has 2 wooden
casement windows with cement cills and cambered head linings to ground floor
windows. Basement has openings with wooden lintels. 4 circular iron ties. First
elevation has loading door to lst floor, 2 circular iron ties and cambered
opening to ground floor with iron bars. West elevation has 1st floor loading
door and a brick dated 1873 with further bricks initialled IR, MR, FR, MR, IR, HR
and HR which probably refers to a refurbishment. 5 bays storage with tie beams,
collar beams, ridge piece and through purlins. 2 kilns, one retaining its drying
floor. Probably when built there was one kiln to the south but after 1873 part
of the storage to the east was partitioned off to form another kiln. Instead of
a court a projecting gable served both kilns.

Listing NGR: TR2493857223

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26323631

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)