Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 20 February 2023 to update the name and address, amend description due to change in building use and reformat the text to current standards

SO 95 NW
6/5

CROWLE CP
CHURCH ROAD (west side)
Nos 1 and 2 Gable Cottages

(Formerly listed as Nos 1 and 2 Gable Cottages and The Gable)

GV
II
House, subdivided into three dwellings. C17 with mid-C19 and mid-C20 alterations and additions. Timber-framed, painted brick infill and brick replacement walling, plain tiled roof, retiled mid-C20 at north end. Three framed bays aligned north/south with chimney between central and north bay with brick stack to front of ridge and also external brick chimney with offsets at south gable end. Single storey and attic with dormers.

Framing: three panels from sill to wall-plate, long straight braces in lower corners and collar and tie-beam truss with struts visible in north gable end. East front elevation: ground floor has three three-light casements, a large gabled dormer with paired two-light casement in the north bay; beneath the large dormer is a gabled C20 timber-framed porch with half-glazed door and there is a smaller, similar porch at the north end.

Interior not inspected.

A two-storey C20 wing adjoins the central bay at the rear and there is also a single-storey hipped roofed extension to the rear and side of the south bay. During the C19 a small gloving community lived in the village and the land in front of this building is said to have once been used as a glovers' yard.

Listing NGR: SO9222356243

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26633374

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)