Description

GREAT GADDESDEN ST. MARGARET'S TL 01 SW (West side) 3/127 Nos. 8, and 9 30.11.66 (Shepherds Cottage) (formerly listed as No 8 St Margaret's, No 9 St Margaret's (also called Shepherds Cottage in Nettleden GV with Potten End parish)

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House, now 2. First half of C16 2-bays house (one an open hall), late C16 jettied E part (No. 9), later C17 W end part and large chimney with floor in hall and stair beside stack. Timber frame with red brick infill and steep red tiled roofs half-hipped at W end. A long 2-storeys block facing N with E part slightly higher. No. 8 has irregular fenestration with 3 windows to each floor and gabled porch to door on E side of central windows. Flush sliding Yorkshire casements with lattice leaded glazing. Small stair window in line with internal stack one third from W end. No. 9 has continuous side-jetty, one 4-light window to each floor and 3-light window over baffle entrance beside large chimney near E end. Medieval middle part has heavy timbers, heavy flat joists to the storeyed E bay, reverse-curved braces to upper part of front wall, original framed partition with curved tension brace (concealed from hall.), swept-jowled posts, and clasped purlin roof structure with wind-braces. Timbers of large scantling, squarish in section. Poor plain joists in floor over hall but well finished chamfered joists with run-out stops to W end extension. (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL0223011321

External Links

• Wikidata Q26468489

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