Description

BARKWAY HIGH STREET
TL 33 SE & TL 3835 (East side)
Barkway

5/37 & 9/37 No. 147
(Barkway Cottage)

- II

House, at one time 3 or more dwellings. Late C16 or early C17, extended
and altered C19 and mid C20. Timber frame, rendered. Steeply pitched
thatched roof. Originally 3 bays extended to left in 2 phases, now 7
bays. 1 storey and attic. Entrance now to centre in first added bay,
plank and muntin door, tiled gabled hood. Flanking flush frame 3 light
horizontal sliding sashes. To right a smaller horizontal sliding sash
and a C20 4 light flat headed projecting bay window. To left a recessed
2 light small pane casement and a horizontal sliding sash. 2 dormers
with eyebrow thatching and one to left with a tiled gabled head. Ridge
stacks to centre of original bays and between 2 added sections. Left end
external stack and 2 light casements. Right end French windows and an
attic casement. To rear mixed casements and horizontal sliding sashes.
Small outshut additions. Interior: some exposed framing with curved
passing tension braces, jowled posts, reset stop chamfered bearer.

Listing NGR: TL3837834990

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26469039

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Recommended Books

• 
  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas