Description

OFFENHAM CHURCH STREET
(south side)
11/135
Longthatch

The description shall be amended to read:

House. C14/15, remodelled in C17 and extended in early C19. Cruck-framed;
timber framing mostly replaced by early C19 colourwashed brick and coursed lime-
stone rubble; gabled thatch roof; C19 brick ridge and end stacks. Medieval hall
house remodelled in C17, by the insertion of floor framing and chimney stack,
into a 3-unit house with lobby entry to right of centre. One storey and attic;
4-window range. Pentice hood over late C20 door separated by timber lintel over
an early C19 four-pane casement from timber lintel over doorway blocked in early
C20 to right. Late C20 windows; C20 two-light casement to dormer. Interior: 2
full-cruck trusses, with apexes removed, to left; cruck to right has inserted
C17 timber-framed partition to ground-floor; C17 stop-chamfered beams; C20 joists
and chamfered bressumer over C17 open fireplace to centre; early C19 addition to
right has chamfered bressumer over open fireplace with bread oven and softwood
rafters to roof. Much of the medieval house has gone, but it was probably a
hall house of 3 to 4 bays; converted into two cottages in early C19.

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OFFENHAM CP CHURCH STREET (south side)
SP 0446 - SP 0546

11/135 Longthatch

GV II

House. C17, extended C18 and early C19 with some mid-C20 alterations.
Timber-frame with rendered infill, partly clad in painted coursed lias
rubble. Gable end onto road with stack, also stack in ridge with lobby-
entry to north. Gable of one storey with attic lit by a casement, ground
floor blind. North front has a single casement cut into thatch and four
C20 windows to ground floor. Entrance slightly to right of centre has a
lean-to tiled canopy and a C20 ledged and boarded door. Framing exposed
to east end, two square panels high. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SP0526146377

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26460000

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