Description

BARKING DARMSDEN
TM 05 SE

2/34 Nos. 1 & 2 Bridges
- Cottages

- II

Two houses, built as one in C16, with major alterations of C17 and later. 3-
cell cross-passage entrance plan. 1 storey with attics. Timber-framed and
plastered; the front elevation with cable-pattern pargetting, and one end wall
with exposed framing and plaster infill panels. Roman pantiled roof with
gabletted hip at right hand end and axial chimney of red brick; a C19 gabled
casement dormer. Various C19 and C20 casements. 4-panelled C19 entrance door
and glazed C20 porch. To the front of the left-hand parlour end (now part of
Cottage No.1) is a 2-storey 2-cell extension of C17 or C18. Plaintiled roof.
Various small-pane casements some with leaded lights. A blocked 1-storey
plastered and plaintiled entrance porch gave access to a lobby entrance at a
large axial chimney. The main framing members and many rafters of the lower
range are of C16, but the 1st floor joists are laid flat and chamfered in the
C17 manner, and much of the studwork and the clasped-purlin roof are of
C17/C18. Large chimney of C16/C17 with open lintelled fireplace backing
against cross-passage.

Listing NGR: TM0924352723

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26525265

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]