Description

WATER LANE, OSPRINGE
1.
l103 (North-West Side)
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Orchard House
Nos 1 & 2 (Tudor Cottages)
(Formerly listed as
TR 0060 11/183 Orchard House)
29.7.50.
II
GV
2.
Timber-framed house. 2 storeys. The north half (1 window bay) C15. Ground
floor rebuilt in red brick, the 1st floor stuccoed with close-studding and
overhanging on a bressummer, but its north front weather-boarded. Brick
chimney breast on the north side; also on L-wing of which the ground floor
is of stone rubble and the lst weather-boarded. 1 casement window with small
square leaded panes on the east front of this half of the building. The
south half (2 window bays) comprising Nos 1 and 2 Tudor Cottages is a Cl6
extension. Ground floor now red brick, lst floor has its timber-framing
exposed with curved braces and overhangs on moulded bressummer and brackets.
Modern windows. Tiled roof to whole.

Orchard House Nos 1 and 2 (Tudor Cottages) Nos 1 and 2 (Bridge Cottage) and
Fern Lodge form a group.

Listing NGR: TR0029260748

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26643028

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Recommended Books

• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (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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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)