Description

BRAMHAM CUM OGLETHORPE HIGH STREET
SE44SW
LS23 (north side)
1/46 Old Malt Kiln

II

Farmhouse, now house. Probably early C17, altered and cased in stone in C18;
altered. Coursed magnesian limestone rubble, pantiled roof with corrugated
sheet eaves, but incorporating remains of former timber-framed structure.
Linear 3-cell lobby-entry plan, with continuous rear outshut. Two storeys.
Quoins. Glazed door at junction of 1st and 2nd cells, a 2-light casement to
the left, an inserted modern bow window and a 3-light casement to the right,
and casements of 2, 3,and 2 lights at lst floor. Steeply-pitched roof with
gable parapet at left end, chimney on ridge in line with door and at right
gable. Left gable has one window at ground floor, another at upper level of
outshut; right gable has window at 1st floor; rear altered and of less interest.
Interior: evidence of former timber-framed structure includes one wall post
in front wall (at junction of 2nd and 3rd bays), and 3 in screen wall to outshut
with a wallplate, and pegholes in this for longitudinal bracing to the posts
and towards the present stone gable wall at the left end; some evidence that
roof was formerly hipped at this end; inglenook fireplace with remains of former
smoke hood on opposite side of stack at 1st floor; chamfered firehood bressummer
in 2nd bay, another in 3rd bay; lateral partition between 2nd and 3rd bays
removed (wattle holes for it in beam); "beehive" breadoven in rear of stack,
now concealed.

Listing NGR: SE4285742933

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26599622

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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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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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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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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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990