Description

SU 73 lilt FARRINGDON UPPER FARRINGDON

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West Cross Cottage

GV II

House. C16, early C17, and early C19. Slate-hung walls. Plain pantile roof,
shafted stack. Late medieval timber-framed hall of 2 bays, with C17 chimney
inserted in the smoke bay, with an upper floor and a north-side timber-framed
bay added, early and late C19 recladding and minor rear service block.
West front: 2 storeys, 4 above 2 windows. Upper casements and lower Victorian
sashes. Plain C18 doorframe , with 6 panelled (2 top glazed) door, within a
trellis porch masked by greenery. The lobby entrance form has been modified
by a C17 staircase projection at the rear, with an outshot to its south side.
The east wall has exposed brickrogged framing, and the single-storeyed service
wing at the north side is of brickwork, with a low pitched slate roof. The
north gable has lower walls of exposed framework, but most ot it is tile-hung
(late C19) with scalloped bands. Inside, the framework indicates the phases of
construction.

Listing NGR: SU7099735076

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26473957

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Recommended Books

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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)