Description

TR 1643-1743 ELHAM VICARAGE LANE
(north side)

9/89 Church Cottage

GV II

Probably special-purpose building associated with church Now house.
Early C16 or, probably, earlier, with C17 and C19 alterations and
additions. Timber framed. Left section clad with red brick,
largely in Flemish bond. Right cross-wing red and grey brick in
Flemish bond to front, but with slightly older-looking brickwork to
rear. Rear wing modified header bond to left side, flint with red
brick dressings to rear. Plain tile roof. C16 or earlier left section
presently comprises one relatively short and narrow bay. Two-bay
C17 cross-wing to right end, set back from front elevation and
projecting to rear. C19 rear wing to left, infilling angle. 2
storeys. Left section has medieval cellar, underbuilt jetty to front
and to left and right gable ends, and tops of front corner posts
exposed. Plat band to brickwork, returning to left and right. Roof
of left section hipped to left and right, with short ridge. Roof of
right cross-wing hipped to front and rear, with gablet to front and
with lower eaves and ridge than left section. Rear wing hipped to
rear. Central rear stack to left section. Formerly projecting brick
stack with ovolo-moulded plinth to flue, to right side of cross-wing.
Irregular fenestration of 2 windows; one three-light casement to left
section, and one twelve-pane sash in open box, with reeded architrave,
to front gable end of cross-wing. Half-glazed door with segmental
head to gable end of cross-wing. Weatherboarded late C19 lean-to
with plain tile roof abutting left gable end of left section;
formerly the parish bier-house. C19 flint lean-to with red and grey
brick dressings and plain tile roof, to right side of cross-wing ,
with ribbed door with segmental head to front end. Brick in front
elevation of left section dated DD169 (3/5). Interior: left section
has two dragon beams, their inner ends only three joists apart.
Broad close-set joists. Three stone corbels to cellar. Brick fireplace
with bressumer to rear wall. Cross-wing has axial joists, and red
brick fireplace in English bond, with wooden bressumer. Chamfered
brick plinth and shoulders to rear of stack. House abuts the
churchyard.

Listing NGR: TR1774143790

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26534392

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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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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (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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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (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]