Description

TL 96 SW ROUGHAM BLACKTHORPE

5/38 Smithy Cottage
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- II

House. C17. One-and-a-half storeys; 3-cell plan. Timber-framed and
rendered; thatched roof with decorated ridge. One end chimney-stack and
another set internally, both with small plain red brick shafts. Small-paned
C20 casement windows; one,eyebrow dormer with an old casement window; plank
door. The frame is all of one date, and the entrance-door still in the
original cross-entry position. Plain framing and rafters visible on the upper
floor, some with assembly marks, but also some reused timbers. Part of an
original partition uncovered on the ground floor contains a doorway with
rectangular, chamfered surround. The hearth in the middle room, infilled with
C20 brickwork, has an original plain timber lintel above. Side purlin roof.

Listing NGR: TL9023063137

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26489429

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)