Description

SU 78 NE HAMBLEDEN SHOGMOOR LANE
(SKIRMETT)

6/125 Crooked Chimney Cottage

II

House. C16 with C20 additions. Timber frame with exposed cruck trusses
to gables, and whitewashed brick, flint and plaster infill. Old tile roof,
flanking brick chimneys with crooked shafts, the right chimney totally
rebuilt 1985. One storey and attic, 2 bays. C20 wooden casements,
2-light to ground floor left, remainder 3-light. Upper windows are in
gabled dormers. C20 board door to left of centre. C20 whitewashed brick
extension set back to left; tall C20 tile-hung jettied bay to centre rear.
Interior has central cruck truss with large curved braces from Transverse
sill beam to cruck blades; both bays have traces of very early upper
floors. Cruck blades terminate just above the collars.

Listing NGR: SU7768489894

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26616949

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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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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)