Description

SU 73 NW FARRINGDON CHURCH ROAD

2/41 Cruck Cottage

G.V II*

Cottage. C15, C17, with C20 restoration. The framework is exposed in parts
with brick infill, other walling being of brickwork in, Flemish bond. Thatched
roof with 3 gables to the front (enclosing attic windows) and 5 eyebrow dormers
at the rear with tiled aprons). A late-medieval cruck-built hall of 3 bays,
with inserted fireplace and lst floor to the former central hall, and further
timber-framed extensions at each end. 1 storey and attic, the front (north-west)
having 3 windows, and the rear 5 above 6 windows. Casements. Boarded door in
a plain frame. Interior: the framework is remarkably exposed, with braces,
purlins and ridge-piece, the upper rooms being open to the underside of the roof.
The end walls of this long and low building have brickwork of English bond,
and some tile-hanging to the east gable.

ref. Report No 1906 of the Domestic Buildings Research Group (Survey)

Listing NGR: SU7115635326

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17532882

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House