Description

TL63 NE STEEPLE BUMPSTEAD
4/5 Cootes Farmhouse
7/8/52
II

House, C16, extended in C18 and C19. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with
handmade red clay tiles. Hall range aligned approx. N-S, jettied at the N end,
with axial chimney stack at S end. Crosswing to S, jettied to the E, and 2
S extensions with end chimney stack. 2 storeys. E elevation, 6-panel door, 3
tripartite double-hung sash windows of 4-12-4 lights, early C19, and one C20
casement window. Bressumer with running vine carving on 2 plain brackets.
First floor, 4 late C17/early C18 windows, each with one wrought iron casement,
and 1,2,1 and 1 fixed lights respectively, with rectangular leading, and one C20
casement window. The bressumer of the gable projects and is carved with running
vine ornament, and below it 2 brackets similarly carved form a depressed arch,
with 3 turned pendants. The bargeboards are original and similarly carved,
with a modern finial. Grouped diagonal shafts on main chimney stack. The glass
of one of the first-floor front windows has an inscription on the outside 'John
Choat 24 Feb 1778', probably the glazier. RCHM 30.

Listing NGR: TL6916839995

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26415441

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)