Description

TL 9879-9979 HOPTON COMMON ROAD

3/37 The Dower House
14.7.55
GV II

House. C17 and early C18. One-and-a-half storeys: 3-cell lobby-entrance
plan. Timber-framed; plastered in panels of simple comb-pargetting; thatched
roof. An internal chimney-stack with a plain red brick shaft, and an end
stack on the south. 3 3-light early C18 mullion-and-transome windows with
square-leaded panes, and 4 gabled dormers with square leaded panes to 2-light
casement windows. 6-panelled door: raised fielded panels; eared architrave,
bolection-moulded frieze, triangular pediment. Little original framing
visible. Early C18 additions include the long single-storey lean-to on the
rear wall, which has reused C17 casement windows with wrought-iron frames and
diamond-leaded panes; the stair beside the chimney-stack, with turned
balusters and plain handrails, and the corner fireplace in the small south
room, with eared architrave and bolection-moulded frieze similar to the outer
doorcase. The roof, which has clasped purlins, no principal rafters and a
ridge-piece, also appears to be an C18 replacement.

Listing NGR: TL9964279623

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26494741

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990