Description

DALHAM THE STREET
TL 76 SW 6/32
Ford Cottage
(Formerly listed as Sycamore Cottage and Cottage adjoining Sycamore Cottage)
7.5.54

GV II

House. Mid or late C16, extended on right hand side C18 in 2 stages One-and-a-half storeys and attics. Timber-framed and rendered. Thatched roof with eyebrow casement dormers; axial and gable chimneys of red brick. The axial chimney C16 with, at the front, a circular flue on an octagonal base, the flue having carved bricks forming a diaper-work pattern. A pair of C17 flattened hexagonal flues probably replace a second circular flue. C20 small-pane casements and boarded entrance door. The C16 timber- framing is of good quality, with clasped-purlin roof, close-studding and evidence for unglazed windows. The house may originally have had 3 cells, the 3rd cell being demolished and rebuilt when the house was divided into cottages in C18.

Listing NGR: TL7228561702

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26634415

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)