Description

NORTHCHURCH SHOOTERS WAY
SP 90 NE (South side)

3/238 The Old Cottage
- (opposite Darrs Lane)

- II

House. C16, E part C17, renovated and single-storey W extension 1984.
Timber frame on stucco sill, roughcast with steep old red tile roofs,
half hipped at W. A single-cell house facing N with large flint and
brick external E gable chimney offset as if to allow for a gable
entrance beside it. Extended to E with new lobby entrance in C17 with
new fireplace in narrow red brick. Irregular N front with small leaded
casement windows recessed and door in middle. Jowled posts with curved
braces to tie beams. Clasped purlin roof with collar- and queen-strut
trusses in former end walls. Straight wind braces to very heavy purlins.
Flat layed rafters. Crossbeams and chamfered axial, floor beam. Mortices
for wattle and daub infill and central 4-light diamond mullioned
window under tie-beam. Wide open fireplace. Associated with novelist Ivy
Compton-Burnett.

Listing NGR: SP9681808082

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26469567

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)