Description

TL 5563 SWAFFHAM BULBECK COMMERCIAL END (West Side), 14/117 Ram Cottage II

Cottage, c1630. Mainly timber-framed, rendered, but with clunch to much of the front and rear walls. Thatched roof of reed with an original ridge stack with grouped shafts set diagonally. Three bay and lobby-entry plan. One storey and attic. Two later gabled dormers. Doorway opposite the stack flanked by later fenestration. The arches for C18 window openings, now blocked, are visible in the front wall. Inside the pegs for studs are visible in the front and rear walls. The chimney bay is also framed but has an original brick and clunch stack. One ceiling has joists of substantial scantling laid flat and another ceiling has joists laid on edge and more typical of C17. Abutting inglenook hearths.

R.C.H.M. (North East Cambs.), pill, mon. (57)

Listing NGR: TL5569363174

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)