Description

BUILDWAS C.P. WENLOCK ROAD
SJ 60 SW
(east side)
5/19 The Folly
II
2 cottages, now one house. Probably mid- and late C17 with later
additions and alterations. Timber framed with red brick infill and
cladding, machine tile roofs. 2 cottages, left-hand one of 2 framed
bays with mid-C20 extension to left and right-hand one, probably the
earlier of the 2, also of 2 framed bays. One storey and attic;
framing: exposed to right-hand cottage, 2 large rectangular panels
from cill to wall-plate, long straight tension braces and jowled wall
posts, left-hand cottage clad in C19 painted brick; irregular fenestra-
tion, left-hand part has 2 late C20 casements and door to contemporary
extension to front and one late C19 casement on right, C20 gabled eaves
dormers to left and right; right-hand part has a 3-light late C20
French window to centre and a small late C19 casement to right, 2 late
C20 gabled dormers in roof slope; re-built ridge stack to left of
centre to left-hand cottage formerly an end stack before addition of
C20 extension to left. Interior: timber frame (square and rectangular
panels) substantially intact; chamfered spine beam in main ground-floor
room to right and chamfered cross beam with heavy joists in main ground-
floor room to left.

Listing NGR: SJ6386803591

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26469743

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)