Description

TWITCHEN
SS 72 NE
14/204 Bickingcott Cross
- II
Cottage. Probably early to mid-C17, probably altered in the C19. Altered and
extended in the late C20. Uncoursed stone rubble, painted to front. Rendered cob
beneath eaves. Gable-ended asbestos-slate roof. Outhouse with mono-pitch
corrugated-asbestos roof. Rendered stone stack with weatherings. C20 rendered
addition.
Plan: C17 two-room plan facing south, with larger room to right. Integral end
stacks, and roughly central entrance (now blocked) to left-hand end of larger room.
C19 outhouse adjoining front at right-angles to left. Eaves possibly raised at same
time (see cob beneath eaves). Late-C20 one-room plan addition to left. Two storeys
with one-storey outhouse.
Exterior: Asymmetrical 3-window front; late C20 two-light plastic windows in old
openings. Central ground-floor window formerly doorway (see rendered wall beneath).
Probable straight joint between first and second windows from left. Entrance now in
C20 left-hand addition. Outbuilding in front of door; 2 boarded doors with wooden
lintels, right-hand one to house.
Interior: Right-hand ground-floor room with pair of moulded cross beams. Open
fireplace to right-hand end with chamfered wooden lintel and bread oven with cast-
iron door. Chamfered cross beams to left-hand room. Open fireplace to left-hand
end. C18 cupboard to right of fireplace with one raised and fielded panel. Three
roof trusses, probably C17 (roofspace not inspected).

Listing NGR: SS7805828890

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26510255

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets