Description

TR 1644-1744 ELHAM THE ROW
(west side)

8/63 Well Cottage
and Updown
Cottage

GV II

House, now house pair. Early-to-mid C16, with mid C17 alterations
and C18 or early C19 facade. Timber-framed. Left end of front elevation
painted brick with first-floor stud or post towards centre. Rest of
facade red and grey brick in Flemish bond to ground floor, tile-hung
above, both floors painted to left of stack. Right gable end chequered
red and grey brick, returned for short distance along right end of
front elevation. Plain tile roof. Open hall of one, or possibly
two timber-framed bays, with storeyed end bay to left. (Area to right
of centre not inspected). 2 storeys. Painted plinth to left of door.
Underbuilt jetty to front of left end bay. Hipped roof. Red and grey
brick ridge stack to right of centre. Irregular fenestration of 3
casements; one three-light towards left end, one two-light to left of
centre, and one two-light to right of stack. Boarded door with
segmental head and flat bracketed hood to left of stack, to Well
Cottage. Brick lean-to towards rear of right gable end, with boarded
door to Updown Cottage. Weatherboarded lean-to with boarded door,
to left gable end. Short two-storey rear wing to right, set back
from gable end, with tile-hung first floor, lower ridge, and plain
tile roof hipped to rear. Interior: only partly inspected. Axial
beam and broad close-set joists to left end room, with evidence for
jetty to front. Plain left end-of-hall beam morticed for partition.
C17 inserted floor to (left) hall bay, with chamfered axial beam,
bevelled joists, and no evidence for jetty. Brick fireplace with
wooden bressumer. Winder staircase behind stack. Later clasped-purlin
roof of small-scantling timber.

Listing NGR: TR1760444011

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26552499

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)