Description

GREAT BEDWYN FARM LANE
SU 26 SE
11/100 No 12 Castle Cottage
(formerly listed as No 12 The Castle)
22.8.66
II
Cottage, C16 - C17. Timber framed with brick laced flint
elevation. Thatched roof. Single-storey and attic, 2-3 bays gable
to road. Framing 3 panels high with colourwashed brick noggings,
jowled posts to gable end and clasped purlin roof. Timber frame
may be of 2 periods. On right elevation, boarded door within
porch, and to left, large C15 stone stack, offset both sides, with
moulded string course and creasing for earlier roof. Circular
flue. Possibly the remains of the hospital of St John, founded
1279. Further flue added to rear. Irregular windows. Thatch
swept over 1 dormer and half-hipped to rear. Sir Thomas Willis,
physician of local note, was born here 1620-21.

Listing NGR: SU2798564748

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26587616

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6