Description

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5280 SEAL UNDERRIVER

Black Charles
TQ 5552 26/1090 10.9.54.

II* GV

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Restored late mediaeval hall house, witn later C16 chimney and ceiling. 2 storeys
and attic, irregular windows. High pitched tiled roof. Moulded wood eaves
cornice. One gabled dormer. Tile hung 1st floor. Brick ground floor with
stone plinth. Leased casement windows. Projecting 2-storey porch. Left extension
formerly an outbuilding. Right extension, probably of C17, with random stone
ground floor, tile hanging above. Sun assurance sign on eaves cornice.
Inside mugh panelling: imported linenfold in left extension, plain Elizabethan
in central room, Queen Anne period elsewhere. Much exposed timber including
remains of screens passage; and carved crown post. Many assembly marks on timbers.
Restored inglenook. Former jettied right end, with C16 window, vmsible inside
C17 extension. Carved figure, possibly representing a thresher, on bay post
in entrance hall.

Black Charles, Outbuilding and Wall form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ5552252410

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17545599

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy