Description

SU 9814 BIGNOR BIGNOR VILLAGE

25/55 The Yeoman's House
(formerly listed as
The Old Shop)
22.2.55

II*

Wealden House. C15 timber-framed builidng of Wealden type on a stone base. Recessed
centre with curved brackets supporting the eaves. The first floor of the wings
oversails on brackets. The centre portion has some plaster infilling and some red
brick, part of it of herring-bone pattern. The wings have partly plaster but mainly
flint infilling and also curved braces. Steeply-pitched hipped thatched roof with
pentice on south side. Casement windows with diamond-shaped panes. The back or east
side is wholly faced with flints. Two storeys. Three windows. For many years the
building was the village and shop and has been illustrated as much in countless books
on the history of the English house.

Listing NGR: SU9846014577

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17530959

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Recommended Books

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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)