Description

SP 6423 MARSH GIBBON CHURCH STREET
(south side)

8/41 Cromwell House

13.7.66

GV II

House. Circa 1600. Coursed rubble stone, timber lintels to
openings, thatched roof. Small brick stack to left gable,
2 other stacks of thin brick, rebuilt, with square shafts set
diagonally, 2 to stack between left-hand bays, single shaft to
right gable. 1½ storeys, 3 bays. Irregular wooden casements,
renewed C20, 4-light to ground floor left-hand bays, 2-light to
right and to first floor. Upper windows in small gables with
thatch swept round. Lobby entry between left-hand bays has
9-panelled, studded door of old oak in moulded and stopped frame,
and small staircase windows to left, the upper one blocked.
Blocked doorway between right-hand bays. Interior: massive stop-
chamfered spine beams and joists. Fragments of c1600 paintings on
front wall. Staircase to front of stack has old treads.

RCHM II p.192 Mon 12.

Listing NGR: SP6453523050

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26576910

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Recommended Books

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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair