Description

TL 57 SE WICKEN HIGH STREET
(South Side)

8/95
No. 61
(The Chestnuts)
1.12.51 (formerly listed as
The Chestnuts)

GV II

Cottage, late C17 or early C18 and of three room plan.
Originally possibly timber framed but now with yellow gault
brick walls, painted. Thatched roof of reed with gable end
parapets, one with initial I.A. in wrought iron. Ridge stack.
One storey and attics, three gable dormers. Segmental arches to
four windows, including three hung sashes with glazing bars.
Rear range also brick, thatched. In the late C18 or early C19
this wing was extended. Inside there are two small inglenooks
and some timber framing in partition walls, otherwise the wall
material is brick.

Listing NGR: TL5676170717

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26419385

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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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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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)