Description

TR 14 SE ELHAM
NORTH ELHAM

4/48 Pear Tree Cottage

GV II

Farmhouse. Probably later C17, partly rebuilt in C18, altered in C19,
and incorporating C16 material. Front elevation red and grey brick
in Flemish bond. Right return partly header bond, partly Flemish
and mixed bond. Rear and left return older red and grey brick in a
mixed bond, except for upper part of first floor, which is interrupted
Flemish bond. Plain tile roof. Central-entry plan. Double depth.
2 storeys, attic, and semi-cellar. Low flint plinth. Dentilled brick
eaves cornice to each elevation. Steeply-pitched hipped roof, hips
returning to rear. Projecting brick stack with flint base panel
towards front of right return, and truncated projecting brick stack
towards front of left return. Two flat-roofed two-light dormers.
Regular 3-window front of two pairs of four-pane sashes in open boxes,
and central two-light casement. Similar sashes to ground floor, with
segmental heads. Blocked central doorway (to left end of longer right
room). Rear elevation has one three-light and one single-light
casement to first floor, segmental heads to ground-floor casements,
and central boarded door with segmental head. Interior: chamfered
cross beam, bevelled joists, and brick fireplace with niches and
chamfered bressumer, to front right ground floor room. Chamfered
axial beam and fireplace with high bressumer to rear right room.
Plank doors. U-plan roof of staggered butt purlins in short lengths,
with re-used rafters from a lapped-collar roof. Short lengths of C16
moulded beams re-used in cellar. Formerly known as North Elham Dairy
(milk and dairy produce formerly dispensed from a small adjacent
single-storey outbuilding).

Listing NGR: TR1835044634

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26545580

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Recommended Books

• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)