Description

HORHAM THE STREET
TM 27 SW
5/125
Veldon Cottage
II
House. Early C16, extended C17, re-roofed C20. Render over timber frame;
gabled pantile roof; brick ridge stack. 2 storeys, 4-window range. 3 cell
Plan. Small-paned casement windows of stained timber, inserted c.1987. Gabled
porch in position of original cross-entry, C20 reproduction plank door. Lean-to
addition on north gable end, rendered and with a slated roof; C20 boarded
door. Further small lean-to additions at rear. Interior: Original house had
2-cell, end-chimney plan: substantial, widely-spaced studding; reverse-curved
braces, halved against the inside faces of the wallplates rather than being
morticed into them. Evidence for several diamond-mullioned windows, including
one of 6 lights in the hall. Many first floor timbers have remains of red ochre
decoration. The present stack replaces an original timber chimney within a bay
only 0.6 m wide at the north end. Cross-partition at lower end of hall has 2
intact 4-centre arched service doorways. No corresponding partition at first
floor level. Incomplete original entrance doorway with heavy 2-centred arch.
Hall ceiling has chamfered main beam and plain joists set flat. Service end has
joists of varied quality and a solid-tread stair, possibly original. One-bay
parlour addition to north of stack: exposed first floor studding, ground floor
ceiling with chamfered axial beam and rather irregular plain joists, still set
flat. Included as an important example of a small early C16 dwelling complete
with service doors and other features.

Listing NGR: TM2055172343

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26655747

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Recommended Books

• 
  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)