Description

SU 7575 SONNING PEARSON ROAD
(south side)

14/29 The Old Cottage
26.1.67
GV II

House. Early C15 hall house altered, 2 storeys, timber framed, painted
brick infilling, old tile roof, central chimney inserted Cl7, and later
chimney to east end. North front has gable to left, one bay of 4-light leaded
windows, one irregular bay of 3-light leaded casements to right of gable, a
small C20 single light and to right hand coupled 3-light leaded upper
casements over a 3-light window on ground floor and C20 door in right corner.
Large C20 extension to rear. Smaller gabled extension to east in painted brick.
Interior:- most of timber frame visible including large roof purlins and
wind braces heavily sooted. Large scissor brace truss in roof. Ground floor
room right contains old carved heads and a carved panel, reputedly from the
former Bishops Palace.

Listing NGR: SU7575475404

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26410968

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]