Description

BRENTWOOD

TQ6291 CRICKETERS LANE, Herongate
723-1/13/183 (North East side)
20/02/76 No.25
Ingrave Cottage

GV II

Part of house, now a house. Late C17, altered in early C19 and
C20. Timber-framed, with early C19 cladding of red brick in
Flemish bond, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 2 bays
facing SE, with axial stack at left end and external stack at
right end, being part of a house originally extending further
to the left, the remainder now No.27 (qv), late C17. C18/19
single-storey lean-to extension to rear, now mainly absorbed
into rear extension of c1983.
2 storeys and attic. Ground floor, two C20 bows, possibly
replacing earlier shop windows. First floor, 3 early C19
sashes of 8+8 lights, of which one lower sash is a C20
replacement. One casement in hipped dormer. Central C20
half-glazed door with C20 gabled canopy on brackets. The brick
cladding projects forwards from the remainder of the original
house, which is plastered to the timber frame.
INTERIOR: hardwood frame with unjowled posts and primary
straight bracing; all exposed timber has been sand-blasted.
Each ground-floor room has a chamfered transverse beam with
lamb's tongue stops, in the right room notched for an inserted
partition, subsequently removed. Plain joists of vertical
section jointed to the beams with soffit tenons with
diminished haunches. Partition between these rooms removed,
some studs inserted. Large wood-burning hearth to left with
seat recess in front jamb, 0.33m wide, rear jamb 0.23m wide,
brickwork repointed. Hearth to right blocked and plastered
over. C20 winding stair. On the first floor are 2
early/mid-C19 cast-iron grates. 3 original 3-plank internal
doors, one to rear left of the ground floor, 2 on the first
floor, of which one to a closet in front of the main stack
retains original H-hinges; three C20 doors in similar style on
the first floor. Clasped purlin roof, with some reused
smoke-blackened rafters from the roof of a medieval hall
house.

Listing NGR: TQ6292791242

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26501530

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy