Description

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TM 29 NEW
6/47

SAXLINGHAM NETHERGATE
CHURCH HILL
Hill Cottages

(Formerly listed as BROADEN LANE (east side) Hill Cottages)

II

Former farmhouse, converted into three cottages, now single dwelling. Late C16 and later. Rendered timber frame faced with colour-washed brick to front and sides. Thatched roof. Two storeys with attic. Five bays of C20 two-light casements with horizontal glazing bars under skewback arches with cambered soffits at ground floor. Scattered fenestration to rear with C20 diamond mullions. Off-centre axial stack with blocked doorway opposite and one later external gable-end stack. Three eyebrow dormers. Winding stair with facetted newel to entrance side of stack. Surviving service doors to northern end onto a probable former through passage. To north side of stack first floor formerly open to queen post roof with evidence of three trusses. Present roof C18 with staggered wedge-tenoned butt-purlins. Original timbers of heavy scantling with stepped stops.

Listing NGR: TM2347096696

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26654086

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (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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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability