Description

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TM 06 SW
4/220

WETHERDEN
ELMSWELL ROAD
Cherub Cottage

(Formerly listed as Craig Cottage)

II

House, c.1550 with major alterations of early C19. Two storeys. Probably the remaining hall and parlour cells of a formerly three-cell house. Timber-framed and plastered. Machine-made plaintiled roof with axial chimney of red brick; the lower part of C16, the upper part rebuilt C19. At either end is a short C19 extension with hipped low pitched slated roof. Early C19 small-pane sashes. Early C19 six-panelled door at lobby-entrance position; later C19 open pantiled porch with ogee cusped bargeboards and spike finial. The house has some heavy mid C16 framing with heavy and closely spaced studding. A massive ogee-moulded bridging beam is from another building. C16 clasped-purlin roof.

A large cambered lintel over the hall fireplace has been cut and the fireplace reduced.

Listing NGR: TM0063362797

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26284050

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)