Description

TQ8225-8325 NORTHIAM STATION ROAD
(East side)
48/14A
Smuggler's Cottage

GV II

Outbuilding. C18 with C19 alterations. Probably constructed as an outbuilding to
Tipsey Cottage (q.v), subsequently used as a cottage in C19, now used for storage.
C18 timber frame rewalled or infilled with brick in C19. A tall, plain tiled gambrel
roof with tile gable at south end. Brick gable and stack with chimney pot at south end.
Single storey and attic. Single unit plan parallel with street. Central entrance
doorway in heavy timber frame with threshold lower than pavement. C19 vertical board
door with C.l strap hinges. C19 sash to left with central vertical glazing bar.
Casement with glazing bars in north gable. Timber frame exposed in south gable:
principal beam, end rafted couple and raking struts to collar. At rear a central
doorway with rectangular fanlight. Interior: In attic 3 bays, with collars to gambrel
purlins. Exposed upper rafters. On the entrance doorway a small Plaque inscribed
,,SMUGGLERS COTTAGE. The smallest house in Sussex,, Group value with Tipsey Cottage.

Listing NGR: TQ8258925117

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26531457

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)