Description

TL 50 NW MAGDALEN LAVER
5/37 Dowsetts

- II

Hall house, C16, extended in C17, C19 and C20. Timber framed, plastered, roof
thatched. 2 bays aligned approx. N-S, with inserted chimney stack at S end,
now mainly C20 brickwork. Floor inserted in hall and one bay added to S, C17.
Lean-to extension at rear, C19, forming a catslide roof. Lean-to extensions to
N and S, roofed with red clay pantiles, C19. C20 extension to SW. E elevation,
halved door at front of tiled gabled porch, 5 casement windows, all C20, and 2
more in gabled dormers. Some framing exposed internally. Jowled posts, central
tiebeam severed, edge-halved and bridled scarf in E wallplate, clasped pulin
roof with straight wind bracing, lightly smoke-blackened. Inserted floor
consisting of axial beam with unchamfered joists of vertical section supported
on clamps. An indenture in the possession of the owner records a bargain and
sale of the property to Richard Dowsett in 1688, the origin of the name.

Listing NGR: TL5114106627

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26459219

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6