Description

TQ 64 SE BRENCHLEY CRITTENDEN ROAD

6/57 Pimms

II

House. Probably mid/late C17 in origin, remodelled and partially rebuilt
circa 1700. Framed construction, underbuilt or clad in brick on the ground
floor, the first floor tile-hung; peg-tile roof; brick stacks.

Plan: The house faces approximately west. The early plan appears to have
been a 2-cell main range with a central entrance into the larger room to the
left (north) which is heated from an end stack. Smaller room to the right
(south). A rear centre stair projection probably also dates from this phase
as does the rear left outshut. The brickwork suggests that there was also a
rear right outshut, subsequently (probably C19) enlarged into a 2-storey
kitchen wing at right angles to the main range. An unheated one-room plan
block with a rear outshut at the left (north) of the main range may have been
an C18 outbuilding which has been absorbed into the house.

Exterior: 2 storeys. Approximately symmetrical 2-window front with a moulded
fascia at first floor level and deep sprocketted eaves. Almost central C19
panelled front door with an C18 flat porch hood on shaped brackets. This has
been converted into a shallow porch by the addition of plain timber sides. 2
first and 2 ground floor C19 or C20 2-light casements, 6 panes per light.
Straight joints in the brickwork of the front elevation suggest that the
windows have been altered on the ground floor. The roof of the main block is
gabled, the left end stack has staggered shafts with a corbelled brick
cornice. The block adjoining at the left has a lower roofline, hipped at the
left end. The rear right (south east) wing is gable-ended with a corner
stack. The rear centre projection preserves one wall post which descends to
the footings.

Interior: The left hand heated room has a scroll-stopped crossbeam and
exposed joists of slender scantling. Large fireplace with achamfered lintel
and 2 keeping places. The right hand room has a reeded C19 timber chimney-
piece.

Roof: Not inspected but said to have pegged joints.

The house is still associated with a charity, documented in the 1690s
(information from the owner).

Listing NGR: TQ6569042377

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26566974

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Recommended Books

• 
  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
• 
  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey