Description

BISHOPS CANNINGS HORTON
SU 06 SW
(north side)
6/134 Batchelor's Mead

II

House gable end to road. C14 and C19. Brick with thatched roof.
Two storeys, 4 bays comprising a 3-bay medieval house, with bay
against road rebuilt in C19 as schoolroom, and fourth bay added C20
at opposite end. Entrance in C20 lean-to on west side, leading to
rear bay of early house. Timber paned casement windows and 3-light
transomed and diamond paned gable window to former schoolroom this
end.
Interior has two full cruck trusses forming central open bay.
Trusses have half lap dovetailed tie beams and arched braced
collars, with inserted moulding at centre of collar. Windbraces,
now absent, to single purlins and principals extended and lapped at
apex, and notched for ridge,Type E. Central bay has inserted deep
chamfered cross beam ceiling with bar stops, and framed fireplace
with timber lintel and jambs moulded. Room behind stack has angled
fireplace.

Listing NGR: SU0482163393

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26647616

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)