Description

GAWCOTT WITH LENBOROUGH
SP6731 MAIN STREET, Gawcott 879-1/7/224 (North side)
03/04/73 Thurlby and attached outbuild1ng (Formerly Listed as:
BUCKINGHAM
VILLAGE STREET, Gawcott (North side) Post Office)
GV II
Cottage. Mid-late C17 with late medieval origins and C20 alterations. Timber-framed, re-fronted in brick, painted, thatch roof and brick end and ridge stacks. Formerly cruck-framed open hall house, now 3-unit plan.
I-storey and attic; 3-window range. C20 door to right of centre, flanked by canted bay windows with wood lintels. 3-light leaded casement window to ground floor far left with wood lintel 2-light leaded casements to attic in eyebrow dormers. Full-height outbuilding to far left under same roof as cottage with hip to left end, and pair of double-leaf plank doors with wood lintel. Exposed timber-framing to left end. C20 single-storey extension housing shop and post office to right not of special architectural interest.
INTERIOR: ground floor has ogee stop-chamfered spine beams with some original stop-chamfered joists and open fireplace with bressumer. Full cruck truss of probable 2-bay open hall, with arch-braced collar visible at 1st-floor level. Arch braces form round arch. Saddle to apex. 1 tier of wind-braced purlins visible.
Outbuilding has 2-bay open roof with tie beams and collars to principal trusses, irregular rafters made of branches, one tier of purlins and ridge piece.

Listing NGR: SP6796031887

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26501195

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings