Description

REDGRAVE THE STREET (SOUTH BEST
TM 0477
SIDE)
5/106 Glebe Cottage
-
GV II
House, latterly 3 dwellings. Late C15 or early C16, floor and stack inserted
late C16, raised and extended mid to late C17, altered C20. Timber frame,
plastered; some red brick. Thatched roofs. Early 4 bays are now a service
cross range to right, originally a small open hall of 2 bays with a storeyed
lower bay to road and a 'croglofft' in most of upper bay which has been
partially dismantled; 5 bay C17 addition to left at right angles to form an L
on plan. All 2 storeys and attic. Entrance to right of later range with a
recessed boarded door, 1 and 2-light glazing bar casements, ground floor
hoodboards, a fire insurance marker. To right gable front of original lower
bay has 2-light casements, exposed C17 plates and purlins. Right return has 3
bays of casements with an axial ridge stack inserted in former cross passage.
To rear a pantiled lean-to is surviving part of upper. bay. Left gable end is
colourwashed brick with 2 offsets and an internal stack, rebuilt cap. Later
range has a pantiled lean-to outshut to rear. Attached to rear left C19 flint
and brick rendered outbuildings. Interior: early range has close studding,
former open truss posts have semi-octagonal shafts, mortices for arched
braces, an inserted stop chamfered cross axial binding beam; mortices for
arched braces from intermediate posts to a stop chamfered cross axial binding
beam supporting 'croglofft' in upper bay, grooves for a lower storey door,
mortices for an upper storey partition; stop chamfered mid-rails in lower bay.
Eaves lowered in reroofing. C17 range has indented stop chamfered cross axial
binding beams, stop chamfered storey posts and mid-rails; cambered collars to
side purlin roofs.

Listing NGR: TM0454077821

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26618980

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Recommended Books

• 
  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability