Description

The following building shall be added to the list:-

SO 81 SW HARDWICKE THE GREEN

5/10001 The Cottages

- II

House, later divided into 3 cottages. Mid to late C17, sub-divided and remodelled in C19.
Timber-framed with wattle and daub and brick infill; pebble-dashed to front wall; gabled ends in
C19 brick, incorporating remains of framing; double Roman tile roof; brick stacks. Originally a
3-room lobby-entry plan with 2 heated rooms to right; stack to left added C19. One and a half
storeys, plus floored and part-used attic, in steep roofslope. The entrance front has two C19 gabled
dormers with 2-light casements, above three 3-light casements and two C19 plank doors. The rear
has a C19 gable, above various openings in mostly exposed framing; part of the rear wall has been
removed at the centre, and the room extended under a slated lean-to roof. INTERIOR: mainly
square-flamed partitions, with a lightweight framed transverse central partition at two levels; at the
south end the spine wall is in brick. The centre room has 2 deep stop-chamfered beams and the small
room to left has a C19 winder stair; the corresponding rear room has a straight-fight stair. The
second entrance, to the right, gives to a small lobby,then small inner room with C19 winder stair
adjacent to stack. Exposed principals, cut off above collar and with chamfered purlins, to roof; early
rafters cut off above lower purlin level. Included as a substantially complete example of a C17
timber-framed house in this region; the C19 alterations have obscured the original plan form.

Listing NGR: SO8006812691

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26540143

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)