Description

1 STORRINGTON GREYFRIARS LANE (West)
5404 The Horsecroft

TQ 0814-0914
22/566

II GV

2

House. c1900 details in vernacular idiom apparently incorporating a medieval hall
with C14 roof. Green sand stone, brick dressings and returns, old tile roof.
2 storeys, 3 bays, double depth plan with early C20 rear pile. Ground floor has
2 central 2-light and 2 outer 3-light leaded casements, oak framed. Steeply
pitched roof with gablets. Early C20 timber framed and plastered porch at right.
External brick stack at right, in-built stack at left. Interior ground floor
main pile has 3 chambers c1900 in present form with framed partitions and
chamfered beams, reused as cross-beams. First floor has 3 chambers with in situ
framed partition and rear wall with 3 angle posts and wall plate, stack addition
at north now built-in by c1900 rear. Roof (not inspected) has smoke blackened
ridgeless paired close set rafters each with collars halved and pegged, a roof
structure of a medieval pre-1400 type without later altertations and apparently
in situ.

Listing NGR: TQ0857914027

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26653213

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