Description

BOTESDALE MARKET PLACE (NORTH WEST
TM 0475
SIDE)
6/7 The Old Cock House
-
GV II
Former public house, now 2 dwellings. Late C16, extended mid C17, C18 and
C19, altered C20. Timber frame, plastered. Steeply pitched pantiled roof.
Two 2-cell builds with central stacks, that to right is C17 and possibly a
rebuilding of original service bay, an C18 bay to left. 2 storeys. 3 blocked
doors, C20 3 and 4-light glazing bar casements. Axial ridge stacks with
rebuilt caps between cells of each build. Right end lean-to outshut with a
part opening 3-light casement. Left end C18 bay has a shallower roof pitch.
To rear 3 dormers in C17 build, to rear left a C19 brick former coach-house,
extended in C20. Interior: C16 build has chamfered cross axial binding beams
and storey posts, a stop chamfered fireplace bressumer, traces of close
studding, cambered collars and halved principals clasp purlins, cranked arched
windbraces. C17 build has some through tension bracing, single butt purlin
roof.

Listing NGR: TM0477075885

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26508174

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)