Description

RICKINGHALL SUPERIOR GARDEN HOUSE LANE (SOUTH
TM 0475
WEST SIDE)
6/149 Garden House and Garden
- Cottage
-- II
House, latterly a public house, now 2 dwellings. C16, extended and altered
early C17 and mid C19. Timber frame, plastered. Steeply pitched plaintiled
roof. C19 addition is colourwashed brick, slate roofed. 2 or 3 bay core
possibly an open hall originally, stack and parlour added to right, later bay
added to left. 1 storey and attic, 2 storey later bay. A lobby entrance to
right of centre where early core meets added parlour, an early C19 5 panelled
door, pilastered doarcase with a hood. To hall and parlour three 16 pane
flush moulded frame sashes, a small casement to left, a 2-light dormer
inserted over parlour which has slightly higher eaves. Axial ridge stack to
right of centre between hall and parlour, cap rebuilt, added external stack to
front left. C19 bay to left has a ground floor 16 pane flush moulded frame
sash, first floor part opening 12 pane casement, boxed eaves, ridge stack to
right towards early core. Left gable end 4 panelled door in an open timber
porch. Right gable end added external stack, exposed plates and double
purlins. To rear taller eaves to stack and parlour bays, early core is brick
cased with a sash, raking dormer, a 2-light dormer over parlour, clay lump and
brick lean-to outshuts behind hall and parlour. Interior: frame concealed,
hall has an indented shop chamfered axial binding beam, possibly inserted.
Garden Cottage not inspected.

Listing NGR: TM0453575344

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26551663

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House