Description

ST 9917 SIXPENNY HANDLEY HIGH STREET

1173/12/10000 Rose Cottage

II

House. Circa late C18; altered and extended circa mid C20. Ground floor flint, stone and brick; first floor cob. Straw thatch roof with half-hipped and gabled ends, and eyebrow eaves at front.
PLAN: 2-room plan with central entrance, right-hand [NW] room heated from a gable-end fireplace, and an unheated left-hand room. Circa mid C20 wing behind the left room.
EXTERIOR: 1 storey and attic. Almost symmetrical 2-window NE front. C20 3-light metal frame casements in enlarged openings with tile cills. Central doorway with plank door. Rear [SW] C20 rendered gable-ended wing on right.
INTERIOR: Ground floor; left-hand room has thin chamfered axial beam without stops; right-hand room has roughly framed ceiling and C20 tiled fireplace. C20 joinery, including plank doors. Late C19 cast-iron chimneypiece in attic chamber; attics ceiled but principals visible.

Listing NGR: ST9968817192

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26412982

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  For the Record
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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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)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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