Description

SJ 50 NE WROXETER C.P. WROXETER

6/158 Glebe Cottage
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- II

Cottage. Probably C15 or C16 with C18 and C20 additions, and late C19
partial remodelling. Timber framed of cruck construction, painted brick
nogging; eaves raised and refaced in red brick to front and right, slate
roofs. 2 framed bays, possibly fragment of larger house; later additions
to left and at rear. One storey and attic and 2 storeys. Central brick
ridge stack and truncated external lateral brick stack to left-hand addition.
Framing: square panels to rear. 2-window front; C19 two-light wooden
casements, segmental-headed to ground floor. C18 addition set back to left
with ground-floor C20 casement to front. Right-hand return front has half-
glazed door with lean-to brick porch. Part of cruck truss exposed in left-
hand gable end. Further entrance and one-storey C20 addition at rear.
Interior: one full cruck truss in left-hand end wall (Alcock apex type F3),
single purlins; ground-floor room to right has chamfered spine beam with
ogee-stops, wide joists, and large open fireplace has chamfered lintel with
ogee stops; ground-floor room to left has probably late C17 or C18 paired ceiling
beams; probably C16 or C17 newel staircase to rear of stack. The cottage
is possibly a fragment of a former open hall house, the right-hand bay
being floored and the first-floor in the left-hand bay being a later insertion
in part of a former 2-bay hall, now demolished beyond the former central
cruck truss. Alcock, Pp.96 and 145.

Listing NGR: SJ5639608146

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26518661

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy