Description

GAMLINGAY CHURCH END
TL 2452 (South east side)

12/41 No 20 Kitchens
Farmhouse
7.2.80

GV II

Farmhouse. Mid C17, extended C18 at rear. Timber framed, plaster and
roughcast rendered, some brick. Plain tiled roofs with red brick chimney
stack of three conjoined diagonally set shafts on a rectangular base with
moulded cornice. The stack has largely been rebuilt. End stack to north east
end. Hall and crosswing plan. Two storeys. One first floor three-light, C19
wood casement and two modern casements in small openings at ground floor.
Baffle entry doorway has a lean-to porch. The south west crosswing has a
modern window to each storey. The C18 additions at the rear are red brick,
painted and tiled. There is a C18 brewhouse at the front. Timber framed, and
brick. Interior: Stop chamfered main beams. Back to back inglenooks.
Clasped side purlin roofs and downward wall bracing. North east gable has
long straight wind bracing to the roof. Jowled post heads. The house was
probably built 1664 by Christopher Charnock. It was the Rose Inn (later known
as the Rose and Crown). An inventory of Richard Collins d.1692 identifies the
hall, parlour and kitchen with chambers over the brewhouse and lists the
contents.

RCHM: West Cambs mon (10)
C Brown: Mss Notes

Listing NGR: TL2433752446

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26615853

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  For the Record