Description

TL 82 NW COGGESHALL

2/7 Monks Wood Cottage
19.7.82 (formerly listed as
Nos. 1 and 2
Monkswood Cottages,
Nunty's Lane)

GV II

Pair of attached cottages, now one house. C18, altered in C20. Timber framed,
weatherboarded, roofed with C20 red clay pantiles. 5 bays facing E with central
stack. C20 porch to rear. 2 storeys. 4-window range of C19 casements. 2
ground-floor windows and all the first-floor windows have C20 external shutters,
each with a pierced diamond. Plain boarded door in C20 rustic porch and one
blocked doorway. The rear elevation is partly clad with old tarred elm
weatherboards; the remainder is all of C20 softwood. Jointed and pegged main
frame, mostly of elm and softwood; nailed studs, including some re-used timber,
and primary straight bracing. Axial beams of vertical section, thin joists of
vertical section. 2 wood-burning hearths, back to back. Subject to application
no. LB/BTE/0359/87/B at time of survey, May 1987.

Listing NGR: TL8282125105

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26416281

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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]
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)