Description

TM 14 SW BELSTEAD CHARITY LANE
2/14
Charity Farmhouse
II
House, divided in two. Mainly C17, with possibly earlier core, and later
alterations. Timber framed and brick, rendered, pantile roof. 4-cell plan,
originally perhaps 3 cells. If storeys. 2 storey wing to rear of C20. 2 brick
stacks, one axial, one set crosswise on ridge. Boarded door in lobby entry
position to left hand stack. Boarded door perhaps in cross entry position to
right of it. C20 top hung casements to left cell, between the doors and to
right. 3 dormers with C20 top hung casements. Left cell has blocked doorway in
rear wall. Lambs tongue stops to almost vertical joists and cross beams, and to
beam over altered fireplace. Stairs formerly in front of stack, replaced by C20
flight. Brick partition cuts former right hand cell making 1½ cell cottage to
far right. This may be the remains of an earlier building, having edge halved
joint and clasped purlin roof, with ridge piece. Roof to left hand build not
seen but said to be mostly original. Bequest of 1749 to purchase double cottage
and 4½ acres of land for charity.

Listing NGR: TM1228040419

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26288606

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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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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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)