Description

SJ 46 NE TARVIN C.P. CHURCH STREET
(East Side)

2/49 Church Cottages.

22/10/1952

GV II

Formerly farmhouse, now a house: early C16 with extensive later C20
restoration. Timber framed on plinth with rendered concrete block
repairs. Welsh slate roof and a ridge brick chimney. 2-room plan
with cross-passage behind the stack. 1-storey and attic, 4-bay
front. 13 by 2 tall timber panels remain (almost close-studding with
middle rail). Left end bay has had timber replaced. Late C20
casements with glazing bars, including a line of 3 in gabled dormers.
Door in 2nd bay not quite in original position. To rear some early
timberwork in central dormer.
Interior: Hall to right of entrance has inglenook with chamfered
bressumer, above which is an original timber-framed fire hood. The
ceiling beams and joists are a C17 insertion into an open hall. There
are remains of 3 full cruck trusses of which the southernmost is nearly
complete. The cruck blades are arched and have a tiebeam, collar
and sprockets.

Church House (q.v.) was the parlour wing added to this farmhouse in
Elizabethan times.

Listing NGR: SJ4913166983

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26599055

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Recommended Books

• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)