Description

SK 11 SW
3/127

CURBOROUGH AND ELMHURST CP
ELMHURST
Porch Cottage

II
House. Late C15 with later alterations and additions. Timber-framed, the outer walls replaced in brick; plain tile roof; brick ridge stack. Two framed bay house aligned north-south facing west, extended to the north in the C19 and to the east in the C20.

Two storeys; four window front of C20 casements. C19 gabled porch with shaped tile roof to left of centre garage door to left. Exposed main wall posts.

Interior: Large open fireplace in the south-west corner of the south bay. Both ground floor rooms have very wide ceiling joists. The main wall posts are heavily jowelled and have massive two-way curved braces. Rear wall retains large panel framing. Central queen strut roof truss.

Although altered, this remains a substantially intact hall with screen's passage of possible quasi-aisled type.

Listing NGR: SK1142212033

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26483289

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback