Description

KINGS SOMBORNE UP SOMBORNE
SU 33 SE

5/23 The Thatched Cottage
(formerly Lovells Farm
20/6/85 Cottage)
II
Cottage. Late C15, encased C18, altered C19 & C20. Cruck timber-frame, painted brick
and rendered cob encasing, rendered addition, thatch roof. 1 1/2 storey, 3 bay with C20
wing to rear in centre. On road front, in each bay irregular C18 & C19 2-light case-
ment, 2 in centre bay, over 2-light casement in eyebrow dormer centre one C18, rest
C20. Roof half-hipped. Surviving upper part of cruck exposed at right end. Inside
2 cruck trusses, almost complete, exposed. Full crucks with diagonally set ridge
piece, collar and tie-beam that extends to carry wall plate. Diagonally set purlin,
scarf jointed at trusses and cut into blade. Top surface of most blades replaced,
curved braces run from this part of blade to purlin. During C20 restoration remains
of smoke hood found against right of centre truss when C18 stack take down. Flooring
over C17 with chamfered beams and joists.

Listing NGR: SU3975532368

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26461055

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]