Description

981/0/10042
19-OCT-01

HERSTMONCEUX
STUNTS GREEN
Aladdin's Cottage

GV
II

Originally threshing barn, later tearooms and finally holiday accommodation. Early C17, modified in 1920s and c1983. Timber framed building now clad in C20 brickwork, apart from southwest side which has C17 brickwork in English garden wall bond. Steeply pitched thatched roof with early C20 inserted chimneystack to southwest. One storey, with attic inserted c1983. Front retains gabled midstrey with c1983 eyebrow dormer above and three C20 casement windows with leaded lights. Rear elevation has four C20 casements. Attached to southwest is a converted animal house not of special interest.

PLAN: Three bay barn aisled to north west.

INTERIOR: Timber frame with midrail and curved braces to wall frame. Aisle posts are intact, apart from one with lower part renewed in brickwork, and have curved tension braces. Roof has collar beam, purlins and original pegged rafters without ridgepiece. 1920s open fireplace inserted and room partitions and ceiling in matching style inserted c1983.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669011

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)