Description

TL 4848 PAMPISFORD TOWN LANE
(South Side)

10/212 No. 6 (The Old
22.11.67 Rectory) (formerly
listed as Post
Office Cottage)

II

Cottage, formerly the rectory till c.1840. Early C16 and C17 with C19
addition. Timber-framed with plastered infill and plaster covered; painted
brick. Slated roofs. Two storeys. Jettied cross wing of two timber-framed
bays with C17 outshut to west for staircase, and evidence for main range to
east in rear elevation, replaced by C19 extension of one bay. Four jetty
brackets springing from slender wooden pilasters flank original window
opening, (possibly an oriel), and doorway to left hand. Carved spandrels to
door head with four-centred arch possibly an insertion, the modern C20
boarded door is in the original window position. One C20 first floor
casement window above entrance. C19 extension has one first floor casement
window and one four-paned hung sash window. Gable end stack to east and side
stack to south. Interior: exposed floor frame and timber-frame with cranked
braces to tie beam in central truss.

R.C.H.M. Report 1951
V.C.H., Vol. VI, p111

Listing NGR: TL4973348045

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26420552

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