Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 21/09/2012

SX 99 NE
5/130

TOWNEND
Broadclyst
Marker's Cottage

(previously listed as Nos. 3-4 Markers Cottage)

II*

Cottage. C15, C16, C17, altered C18, C19 and C20. Renovated and converted
back to a single dwelling in 1980s. Cob, stone plinth,rendered, main house
with sandstone and brick end stacks, wheat reed thatched roof, gabled end
to left-hand side; sloping thatched roof over later single-storey right-hand
extension; slate roof over small back wing at left with end stack. Plan and
development: Originates in the C15 as a 3-cell through passage house with
all rooms open to roof and divided by plank and muntin screens. Late in the
C15 the parlour was celled and the upper room separated off by a heightened
screen. c.1530 rear lateral hall stack added. c.1600 the hall was ceiled and
the rear stair turret built and the house generally improved. Late C17, kitchen
wing built. Mid C19 divided into two cottages with additional staircase
and other alterations. 1980s, repaired, old features discovered and
restored to single dwelling. Exterior: 2 storeys. 3-window range under a
curved roof ridge line. Ground floor with 2 doors and C19 2 and 3-light
timber casement windows; upper windows, 2 and 3-light under eyebrow
eaves, the right hand 3-light casement, C18 with leaded panes, 4 to the
fixed side-lights, 8 to the centre. Right-hand extension with a single
C20 window. Left-hand end of house with two 2-light casements, each
light with 9 re-leaded panes. Interior: Principal known surviving
features. Hall/parlour plank and muntin screen painted on both sides;
painting dated stylistically 1470-1510. Original (C15) 4-light window
with surviving central mullion. c.1600 3-light window rebated for
glazing. Large areas of C17 plaster daub. Joinery, beams, door frames
etc from the several periods. Several good fireplaces. Roof: Three pairs
of jointed cruck trusses, the south pair extending down to ground level,
as does the north one at end of the painted screen. The others rest on
wooden plates in the cob walls just above the stone plinth. Trusses
morticed and side pegged at apex, diagonally set ridge piece, collars
and purlins. Smoke blackened rye thatch throughout entire length.
(Detailed information from National Trust, report by Isobel Richardson).

Listing NGR: SX9862997414

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Marker's Cottage official website
• Wikidata Q17547119

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock