Tudor Cottage England, UK

Listed Building Description

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BISHOPS CANNINGS HORTON SU 06 SW (south side) 6/135 Tudor Cottage

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House. Late C16-early C17. Timber framed with whitewashed wattle and daub and brick infilling. Brick sill and thatched roof. Single storey and attics, 3½ bays. Lobby entry plan with entrance to half bay between bays 2 and 3, the latter with a later C17 two- bay rear wing. Framing 3 panels high with ogee corner braces. Door boarded with pent stone-tiled porch. Moulded 5-light canted oriel windows on single carved brackets, and tiled roofs. Small diamond glazing. Windows 3-light to end bay and gable. Upper windows in bays 2 and 3 within raised gables. Two flush dormers to rear. Thatch peaked at gables and central brick stack. Lean-to clasping rear wing, boarded, with Bridgewater tiled roof. Interior has later stair in lobby. Bay 3, original parlour, has moulded cross ceiling beams and chalkstone fireplace with timber fire beam, and smoking chamber centrally at rear. Original hall in bay 2 has similar fireplace with side oven, and third bread oven in same stack opens off entrance lobby. Smaller fireplace to chamber over parlour, now divided as access to rear wing. Central half-bay windbraced. Rear wing has chamfered cross beams with pyramid bar stops, and carved circular motif at intersection. (WILBR B 1717)

Listing NGR: SU0492863362