Description

BROCKHALL
SP66SW
5/46 Rose Cottage and Western
Cottage
GV II
Row of cottages, formerly 3. Late C17. coursed ironstone rubble and squared
ironstone, thatch roof, brick end and ridge stacks. 2 storeys. 6-window range.
Central plank door with chamfered lintel extending over 3-light casement to
right, a similar window to left. Left third - Western Cottage - has old plank
door with timber lintel flanked by 3-light casement windows with timber lintels,
that to right a re-used spine beam and extending almost to door to left. The
right end ground floor front wall has been removed probably in late C18 or early
C19, the superstructure supported on two tree trunks to give a rustic
cottage-orne-style porch; a brick wall within and 2-light casement window with
timber lintel, a similar 2-light window to left of porch. 2-light first floor
windows with eyebrow dormers. Interior: Rose Cottage has stop-chamfered spine
beams, stone-flagged floors and 2 open fireplaces, with chamfered bressumers,
one fireplace with bread oven. Western Cottage noted as having similar spine
beams and open fireplace with bressumer and bread oven. Rose Cottage has a
"built-in" VR post box.

Listing NGR: SP6329762717

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26338210

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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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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)