Description

THORNTON DALE BECK ISLE
SE 8383
(north side)
14/83 Beck Isle Cottage (also
known as The Thatched
Cottage)
GV II
House. C17, raised, renovated and extended in C20. Cruck-framed, encased
in squared sandstone to front, coursed sandstone rubble to sides and rear;
thatched roof; brick stacks. Originally 3-cell, hearth-passage plan, with
rear service wing added. 1½ storeys. Centre left C20 board door beneath
bracketed thatched porch. Single 3-light, small-pane horizontal sliding
sash to left, and 2 to right. First-floor windows are eyebrow dormers with
similar windows. Renewed timber lintels to all ground-floor windows.
Stepped eaves course. End and left of centre stacks, the end left piercing
roof pitch. Interior: 3 pairs of jointed full crucks survive, one pair
with collar fully exposed in the ground-floor room to right and on the floor
above. Parts of one blade only of the other 2 pairs are visible in the rear
corners of both ground floor rooms. In the ground-floor room to the right
is a butterfly-hinged spice cupboard door finely carved with a lozenge in
the centre and a border of rosettes enclosed in guilloche pattern.

Listing NGR: SE8362483147

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26336291

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)