Description

TF 9507
14/85

SHIPDHAM
CHURCH CLOSE (south side)
Spinky Den and the Cottage

[formerly listed as Church Close Cottages (3 dwellings)]

30.5.60

GV II

2 dwellings. Late Medieval, C16 and later.
Rendered timber frame with thatched roofs. L plan with late Medieval block to street side and C16 addition to rear. 2 storeys. West facade has 2 sash windows with glazing bars and one small window with glazing bars to ground floor. At first floor one 3-light and one 2-light windows with metal casements. Off-centre doorway with a glazed and boarded gabled porch. Street facade with a single sash window with glazing bars in western bay: representing a staircase hall. Rest of block 2-storeyed with a raised and fielded panelled door and 4 C19 2-light casement windows. C18 gable-end stack. 3 equal sized cells of street side pile thought to represent former almshouses.
At present the 2 properties are divided with the westernmost cell belonging to rear pile.

Listing NGR: TF9581807321

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26444904

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