Description

CHILDREY HIGH STREET
SU3687 (West side)
12/56 Lester Cottage and Lester
19/12/77 House

GV II

Cottages. C17, remodelled in mid C19. Original timber frame. Braced tie-
beam and post of original timber frame exposed in right gable wall; rubble
walling painted over, to front wall; thatched roof; brick stacks. Original
plan form not apparent. One-storey plus attic, 4-window range. Adjacent
4-panelled doors set in heavy wood frames; three 3-light late C19 casements and
one mid C19 canted bay window of 20 panes; late C19 dormers with 4- light
casements. Half-hipped and hipped roof; end stack and central ridge stack with
recessed panel. Interior not inspected. 2-storey early C19 wing to rear
right: brick walling, dentilled eaves, old tiled roof.

Listing NGR: SU3614287510

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26572807

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]