Description

WATTON-AT-STONE WHEMPSTEAD
TL 32 SW
(Southeast side)
2/206 Tudor Cottage
-
- II

House. Late C16 with minor additions and alterations. Timber frame.
Pargetted rendering with some weatherboarding. Tiled roof. 3 bays
forming an L on plan with a stair wing to rear. 2 storeys. Gable
fronted bay to right projects forward with an entrance to left, C20
weatherboarded gabled porch. Ground floor weatherboarding with a flush
frame. 2 light small pane casement. First floor rendered with a similar
casement. Exposed plates in steep gable. Set back to left is a bay with
ground floor 2 and 3 light and first floor 2 light casements. Later low
gabled outshut added to left end which was probably jettied originally.
Original principal stack is to rear of slightly lower ridge between left
and central bays. Right return has an C18 external stack with offsets.
Glazed and weatherboarded entrance lean-to towards rear. Ground floor
weatherboarding, first floor render with scattered small casements. To
rear a gable to left with a lean-to outshut extending across to lower
gabled stair wing to centre, lower weatherboarding and a 2 light
casement. Catslide roof over lean-to outshut to right. Interior: ogee
stopped chamfered axial binding beam, with low relief Tudor roses and a
diamond lozenge. Stop chamfered cross axial binding beam and joists.
Newel stair.

Listing NGR: TL3192220978

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26657383

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)