Description

THAME
SP7006SE BELL LANE
1707-0/9/10004 (West side)
Nos.6,7 AND 8 (Consecutive)

II
House. Circa early C17 or earlier; faced in brick in circa late C17 or early C18 and in circa early
to mid C19. Timber-framed, faced in Flemish bond red brick. Gable-ended roofs, north wing
thatched, south west wing clay plain tiles. Brick axial and gable-end stacks. PLAN: Two
timber-framed ranges at right angles to each other; the east front of the north range faced in
brick in circa late C17 or early C18; the south west wing faced in brick in about early-mid C19.
The rear west end of the south west wing extended in brick in C20. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys
and attic. Asymmetrical east front. Thatched-roof north range on right with platband at first
floor level, 2 and 3-light casements with cambered brick arches on ground floor and smaller
3-light casement on first floor. On left the slightly advanced gable end of the south west wing
with canted bay window on ground floor with sashes with glazing bars, tripartite sash on first
floor above adapted with top lights and small 9-pane sash to attic in gable above; doorway on
right with rectangular overlight. Left, south, return four window bays, canted bay window on
ground floor with integral porch; C20 brick extension on left. The rear west wall of the north
wing has exposed timber-framing with brick nogging and tension-braces. INTERIOR:
Exposed wall-framing and chamfered ceiling beams. Jowled wall-posts, curved braces to the
tie-beams, attics ceiled but exposed clasped-purlin roof with wind-braces.

Listing NGR: SP7053206119

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26653482

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings