Description

GREENS NORTON BENGAL LANE
SP6649, SP64NE (West side)
11/68, 6/68 No.24 (Orchard Cottage)

GV II

House. Late C17 with possible earlier origins, with C20 alterations and
additions. Coursed limestone rubble with some ironstone, plain-tile roofs, brick
ridge and end stacks on stone bases. L-plan. 2 storeys and attic. Wing to right
facing Bengal Lane has 4-panel door with wood lintel and C20 timber porch and
leaded side-light to right. A 2-light casement window to left with chamfered
wood lintel; 3-light casement to first floor with boxed wood lintel. Part of the
walling of this wing is banded with ironstone and may be older. Lower 2-storey,
one-window, extension to right. Projecting wing to left has 3-light leaded
casements to ground floor, similar window to first floor gable end, 2-light
casement above and first floor rear (left side), all with wood lintels; small
square blocked window with chamfered ironstone surround to first floor left
side. This wing has quoins and stone-coped gables with kneelers. Interior:
stop-chamfered spine beam, open fireplace with replacement bressumer and moulded
Tudor-arched stone fireplace.

Listing NGR: SP6700249344

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26292790

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments