Description

SY 09 SW
3/44

FARRINGDON
UPHAM LANE
Upham Cottage

II

Cottage, formerly 2 cottages. Late C17 - early C18. Plastered cob on rubble
shootings; cob or stone rubble stacks, one disused, the other with a C19 brick
chimney shaft; slate roof (originally thatch).
Pair of adjoining 1-room plan cottages facing north now united to a single house.
Each room has a projecting end stack but the one to the right (west) has apparently
been rebuilt and is now disused. 2 storeys.
Once-symmetrical 2-window front with a third ground floor window blocking the former
doorway into the left cottage. All the windows are late C19 - early C20 casements
with glazing bars; that first floor right may be a little earlier. The door to the
left of centre now contains a C20stable-type door. Roof is gable-ended.
Interior shows mostly original plain carpentry detail. Both rooms have heavy axial
beams which are roughly soffit-chamfered with runout stops (the left beam includes
one straight cut stop). The right beam has been cut through by the C20 stair. The
left fireplace is stone rubble with a rough oak lintel but the right fireplace is
blocked and apparently rebuilt. The roof was not inspected but, according to the
owner, is original only over the left room.

Listing NGR: SY0188490976

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26614082

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)