Description

WEST ROAD
1.
5253
(South Side)
Little Beazleys
TL 467 153:4/12 6.6.52
II
2.
C17 or earlier. Date '1662 TD' over door may be secondary. 1½ storey
timberframed house weatherboarded under steep thatched half hipped roof
with large central chimney rebuilt above ridge. 2 windows front with
central plank door. Modern wood casement windows. Entrance beside chimney
with kitchen on E and parlour on W. Large open fireplace in E room with
heavy roll moulded fireplace lintol with pyramid stop at S end. If this is
original, the building may be C16 which is suggested by 2 soot blackened
rafters surviving at W end of the purlin roof. Floor structure of axial
beams and exposed squared joists may have been inserted with stair in
1662. Thin bricks in chimney may-be earlier. There is a bread oven at
the rear of the kitchen fireplace. Mullioned front windows were noted by
RCHM in 1911 (RCHM (1911) 204), now gone.

Listing NGR: TL4673915392

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26631301

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability