Description

SD 42 SE
3/20

BRETHERTON
NORTH ROAD
Smithy Cottage

II
Cottage; probably C17, altered in C18 and C19. Cruck-framed, with cladding of handmade brick on rendered plinth, corrugated sheet roof with boarded eaves, gable chimneys. Three bays. One and half storeys; modern brick gabled porch offset left, a two-light casement to the left of this, an altered casement to the right and a little two-light casement in the eaves above it, a vertical joint to the third bay and a segmental-headed two-light casement in this bay. Lean-to greenhouse addition at left end (not included) and two square inserted windows in gable above. Rear has inter alia a door and a two-light sliding sash with four panes per leaf, and to the right of this the exposed end of a tie-beam.

Interior: lower part of one cruck blade is visible in partition wall between first and second bays; remainder of this truss and whole of another likely to be incorporated in partition walls.

Listing NGR: SD4777420920

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26328279

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)