Description

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ST 8616
8/77

FONTMELL MAGNA
WEST STREET (south side)
Christmas Cottage

(Formerly listed as Gable Cottage, previously listed under FONTWELL MAGNA)
16-8-60

GV
II
Cottage, C15 with alterations of C17, C18 and C20. Timber frame and rubble with half-hipped thatched roof. Brick stack to right of centre. Single storey with attic, four window range. C20 two- and three-light casements with glazing-bars. Glazed doors to end bay right and second bay left. Main front door in C20 outshut left. Single dormer window in roof.

Internal features (RCHM): House was originally of three bays and supported on two cruck trusses. These have cambered collars, that to the east retaining arch braces. East bay of the original house retains c 1600 floor resting on stop-chamfered beams.

Listing NGR: ST8658416884

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26403940

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)