Description

ROBOROUGH ROBOROUGH
SS 5717
19/184 No 2, Town Tenement
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GV II

Cottage. Probably late C17. Rendered cob with wheatstraw thatched roof (half hipped
to left). Rendered stack.
Plan: One-roomed plan, facing west (ground falls to right). End stack to left and
front entrance to right. It is possible that this cottage was formerly part of a
larger house, incorporating the neighbouring house to the right (No 1, Town
Tenement).
Exterior: Two first-floor C19 two-light wooden casements and ground-floor C19 two-
light wooden casement to left. Doorway to right with C19 plank door and beaded
wooden frame. Late C20 glazed gabled porch.
Interior not inspected but 2 ground-floor chamfered cross beams and segmental-arched
fireplace with stone jambs noted.
The cottage faces onto a courtyard (probably a former farmyard), opposite No. 3 Town
Tenement (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SS5769117066

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26398967

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Sussex: West (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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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)