Description

TL99SW STOW BEDON
WATTON ROAD, Breckles Homestead
38/6/10002
II
House. c1600 with later alterations. Pebbledashed and whitewashed timber frame with thatched hipped roof. Brick off-centre ridge stack. 2-unit plan. 2 storeys; 2-window range of 2-light casements to both storeys with small single light to centre ground floor. A further window in outshuts on either end, both with tile roofs and that to right with brick stack. Rear has further casements and doors and thatched outshut to rear of stack. INTERIOR: Frame largely obscured behind later linings. One jowled post visible with exposed tenon. Chamfered bridging beam to western room with ogee stops to stack end Chamfered transverse bridging beam to longer eastern room. Roofhas two part-closed queen post trusses forming the stack bay. Some lengths of purlin of triangular section surviving. One C18 truss with collar lap-jointed and nailed onto principal rafters. One truss with short principal rafters connected below the ridge with a collar. Crossed bracing, probably C18. A comparatively little altered house of the period.

Listing NGR: TL9488694012

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26561799

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)