Description

TOLLESBURY WEST STREET
TL 9410-9510
(north side)
8/38 No. 24
GV II

House. Late C16 origin, altered in C17 and C19. Timber framed, plastered,
roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 4 bays aligned N-S, gable end to street,
with axial stack in second bay from S end. Early C19 one-bay extension to
north, with external stack at end. C19 brick extension along full length of W
side, with catslide roof. One storey with attics. E elevation, 3 C20 casements
and 2 more in gabled dormers. S elevation (to West Street), 3 C20 casements on
ground floor, one on first floor, and C20 glazed door. The truss N of the axial
stack has jowled posts and arched braces. to the cambered tiebeam, originally
open. Elsewhere the posts are unjowled. Chamfered axial beams with lamb's
tongue stops, plain joists of vertical section. 2 wood-burning hearths back to
back of 0.23 metre brickwork, with blocked aperture for bread overn to W; oven
demolished. C19 tongued and grooved matchboarding on ceiling of one
ground-floor room. Original rebated hardwood floorboards. Reported to have
deeds from 1592.

Listing NGR: TL9536310458

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26434444

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