Description

HOUGHTON AND WYTON
1.
5140
TL 2872
13/33
30.5.58

THICKET ROAD
(south side)
Houghton
Buckley House
and Thrae

II
GV
2.
C16 and C17 rendered, timber-framed house with continuous jetty and two-bayed cross-wing to right hand. Stair turret in angle of main building and rear kitchen range. Two-storeys and attics. Plain tile roofs, ridge stack with moulded, dentil brick cornice and three hexagonal shafts. Ranges of three hung sash windows with glazing bars and moulded architraves at both floor levels.
Main entry with panelled door in line with stack.
Side entry in modern two-storey wing to left of cross-wing. The earlier building to the
right hand of stack has three chamfered jetty brackets. The joists contrast with the
slender joists to left hand and cross-wing with dragon post.
Interior: Main chamfered ceiling beams supported on carved scroll brackets; dragon beam stop-chamfered. Ovolo-moulded mullion to two-light window in cross-wing.
Two inglenook hearths.

Listing NGR: TL2826672168

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26615747

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Recommended Books

• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
• 
  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
• 
  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
• 
  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)