Description

LAMARSH
TL 83 SE
4/56 Cook's Green
- II
House. Circa 1600, extended in early C19 to form 2 cottages, now combined.
Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 3 bays facing N,
with internal chimney stack against S wall. Extended to right in early C19,
with internal chimney stack at end, and slate-roofed lean-to extension beyond.
One storey and attics. 4 C20 casements and 3 more in swept dormers. One
boarded door, one half-glazed door, both C20. The interior has jowled posts,
exposed heavy studding with arch-braces trenched inside at the corners,
transverse and axial beams chamfered with lamb's tongue stops, and plain joists
of horizontal section. Diamond mortices for 2 unglazed windows near front right
corner of original building. Smoke-blackened rafters re-used in roof. The roof
was thatched until 1983.

Listing NGR: TL8879634316

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26459754

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair