Description

BOMERE HEATH C.P. WALFORD HEATH SJ 41 NE 6/108 The Old House - - II

Cottage, now unoccupied. C18, partly refaced in the mid-to late C19. Timber framed with painted brick nogging, refaced to front and left-hand gable end in rendered brick. Slate roof. Framing: square panels (3 from sole plate to wall plate) with long straight tension braces. Baffle- entry plan of 2 framed bays. One storey and attic. Central brick ridge stack behind ridge. Two gabled eaves dormers with 2-light wooden casements. Two-window front; 2-light C19 wooden casements. Central C19 half-glazed door with later gabled porch. Right-hand gable end with boarded door to left, and collar and tie-beam truss with raking struts. Brick and timber framed lean-to at rear with bread oven and external lateral brick stack. Interior: central dressed sandstone stack. Large open fireplace in left-hand ground-floor room with chamfered wooden lintel. Bread oven in right-hand ground-floor room. Cased ceiling beams and brick floors. Winder staircase in left-hand front corner. Despite the partial refacing, this is still a complete and rare example of a late timber framed baffle-entry house.

Listing NGR: SJ4504819829

External Links

• Wikidata Q26583106

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)