History

A C17 or C18 house, shown on the 1846 Tithe map.

Exterior

A 1½-storey house of whitened rubble, slate roof, massive original external stack to the L gable end with later brick shaft, small recent offset gabled stack in the R gable end. The entrance is offset to the R and has a replacement door. It is flanked by a window to the R in an earlier opening, and 4-light wood-framed window to the L, an enlarged opening. There are 3 C19 gabled half dormers. The R-hand has a 4-pane horizontal-sliding sash window, the centre a replacement window and the L-hand an 8-pane horizontal-sliding sash window.
In the L gable end are inserted windows L of the stack, and to the R a doorway under a timber lintel, boarded up. In the R gable end are inserted windows R of the stack. The rear, formerly built against a bank, is rendered in the lower part of the wall, and has two 2-light gabled roof dormers.

Interior

Not inspected but previous survey of 1975 recorded a stop-chamfered joist-beam ceiling.

Reasons for Listing

Listed, notwithstanding some modern windows, for its special architectural interest as a vernacular house retaining early character, and for group value with Marl Hall.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29483187

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6