Description

TM 04 NE
6/63

LITTLE BLAKENHAM
SOMERSHAM ROAD
Rose Cottage

II

House, mid or late C16. 2-cell cross-passage entrance plan. 2 storeys.
Timber-framed and plastered. Slated roof. Late C16 or C17 external end
chimney of red brick to left, serving the hall; a 2nd chimney was added to the
service end in C19. C20 casements at ground floor, C19 casements at 1st
floor. C20 gabled entrance porch with pair of framed and battened doors; the
C16 inner doorway has its original arched head of aepressea 4-centred form.
The open fireplace to the hall is blocked, but with broad cambered lintel
exposed. In the chamber over the hall is an open truss with arch-braced tie-
beam. The roof was rebuilt in C19, and the twin service rooms are now
amalgamated.

Listing NGR: TM0966748498

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26542952

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