Description

SU 65 NW PAMBER ALDERMASTON ROAD
(North East side)
289/5/10030
Peartree Cottage

II

Cottage. Probably early-C19, with C20 additions and alterations. Painted brick in irregular bond; thatch roof with external brick stack on left; additions of weatherboard with corrugated iron or sheet roofing. One storey, 2 bays, with added bay at either end and continuous lean-to porch added to front. Two-room plan with entrance into left-hand cell and, at centre, lobby with scullery to rear. Wooden casement windows, of 3 lights to left of door, and later paired one-light windows to right cell. Porch constructed of fence panels and re-used windows. Rear: small central scullery window with shuttered vent above, flanked by 3-light window to left and 2-light window to right. Interior: bead-moulded door- and window-frames; brick fireplace in left-hand room; brick corner fireplace in right-hand room, stack truncated; roof underceiled, but small-scantling pole rafters and ridge-piece visible. A well-preserved example of a simple labourer's cottage.

Listing NGR: SU6099158853

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26635036

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record