Description

WETHERINGSETT-CUM-BROCKFORD BROCKFORD GREEN
TM 16 NW
3/103 Model Cottage
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-- II
House. Early C16. Renovated 1980's. Timber framed and rendered, thatched
roof. 2-cell, end chimney form. 1½ storeys. Casement windows of 1980's.
Boarded door into cross-entry. 2 gabled dormers with wide bargeboards and
spike finials. Stack at left gable end entirely rebuilt 1980's. Old oak
corbels below wallplate ends on right. Interior. Widely-spaced studding,
some on lower floor removed; reverse-curved braces at service end. Evidence
for diamond-mullioned windows, one on upper floor intact. Heavy plain ceiling
joists; mutilated bridging beam in hall. Original trimming for stair at
service end; this stair, with solid treads, was removed in 1980's. Narrow end
bay has smoke-blackened timbers on upper floor, suggesting an original smoke
bay or smoke hood above the hearth. Central closed truss over hall chamber,
the tie beam cambered. Coupled-rafter roof.

Listing NGR: TM1234765680

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26283611

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)