Description

TL 4032 ANSTEY SNOW END
(East side)

7/30 Essex Cottage
-

GV II

House. C16 or earlier. Hall floored and chimney inserted in C17.
Restored in C20. Timber frame roughcast with steep half-hipped thatch
roof. A long, 5-bay, 1½ storeys house facing W with internal chimney a
third from S end and later gable chimney added to N end. W front on
roadside has 4 windows and 2 dormers at the eaves. 2- and 3-light flush
casement windows with leaded glazing. Battened door in middle with a red
brick bulge of an oven to RH. Flat-laid rafters visible at eaves.
Interior has evidence of former open hall, with slots for braces in bay
posts in S bay flanking inglenook. Butt ends of cut-off tie-beam above,
and at back of chimney a fragment of tie-beam and one supporting brace.
(Bailey (1980)23).

Listing NGR: TL4039732429

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26631171

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Recommended Books

• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)