Description

STOCKLINCH CP STONEY LANE (North side)
ST3817

6/112 Brakes Cottage

GV II

Detached cottage. Possibly C14/C15 origins, modified C16. Local stone rubble, some colourwashed brick possibly
replacing or lining cob, and one rendered portion; thatched roof with plain gables; brick chimney stacks. Single storey
with attic, 4 bays. Horizontal-bar casement windows to all but bay 1, of 3, 3 and 1 lights, with a 3-light above bay 2
and a 5-light above bay 3; bay 1 has a small-pane single-light casement; C20 boarded door in new frame right of bay 2,
with timber and single bracketted porch. C20 windows in west gable: east gable may be cob below, and above is an
exposed frame truss with rendered panels, set well back and exposing parts of a cruck frame. Inside, the remains of
another cruck frame adapted later to a jointed cruck type, and post-and- truss bays; wattle and daubed framed
partitioning survives with a shouldered head doorframe, chamfered on one side; wide central fireplace with projecting
oven and later pattern smoke hood, the fireplace having a very high lintel set on posts. (Austin, and Hall, The
Medieval Rouses of Stocklinch, SANHS Proceedings, vol 116, pp 86-100, 1972).

Listing NGR: ST3840417484

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26543512

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (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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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)