Description

TQ 59 NW STAPLEFORD ABBOTTS CURTIS MILL LANE
3/11 Honeysuckle
Cottage
II

Cottage, late C17. Timber framed, weatherboarded, partly rendered, roofed with
handmade led. clay tiles. 2 bays aligned approx. E-W, with external brick
chimney stack at E end, aspect N. Single-storey extension at W end, c.1929.
Single storey with attics. S elevation plastered over weatherboards , 2 C20
windows. Whole building, including roof, covered with creeper. Axial beam
plain-chamfered with Lamb's tongue stops, exposed joists of vertical section,
unchamfered. Primary straight bracing. The present brick chimney stack is
oi wood-burning type, with bread oven with cast iron door to the S, but it is
later in date than the cottage, and probably replaces a timber-framed chimney
in the same pnsition. The windows, although C20, occupy original window
apertures, and are small, -in scale with the cottage. This is an unusually
unspoiled example of a simple vernacular dwelling of its period.

Listing NGR: TQ5139196068

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26459427

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)