Description

SU 34 SE
116/3/10007

GOODWORTH CLATFORD
CHURCH LANE
(South East side) Thistledown Cottage

II

House. Probably C16, altered C17, C18 and C19 and extended C20. Timber-framed, partly rebuilt in brick and stone. Concrete tile roof with gabled ends. Brick axial stacks. PLAN: 4-room plan with C20 1-room plan extension on right [E] end. At least the centre right -hand bay was open to the roof and heated from an open-hearth fire. Floors and an axial stack between the centre two rooms were inserted in about the C17. The left [W] bay was probably also added in the C17 or early C18. There is an outshut behind the centre rooms. EXTERIOR: 1 storey and attic. Asymmetrical 5-window south front with C20 casements and dormers breaking eaves with flat roofs; doorway to left with gabled porch; addition on right end partly weatherboarded. Storey-posts exposed in rear wall; rear outshut to right of centre. INTERIOR: chamfered axial ceiling beams with hollow-step stops. Stack between centre rooms with back-to-back fireplaces with cambered chamfered timber lintels and rebuilt ovens. Timber-framed partition walls and some exposed framing in rear wall. Roof consists of simple common-rafter couples; the bay to the right of centre with square-set ridge-piece and straight wind-braces is smoke-blackened and the closed tie-beam truss on the right is also blackened on its right [E] side. Some blackened roof timbers survive at either end, including hips and battens.

Listing NGR: SU3654242326

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26537997

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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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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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)