Description

STAUNTON OLD PIKE, Hethelpit Cross
SO 72 NE

10/221 Thatch Cottage

II

House. Late C17, enlarged mid C20, altered late C20. Brick-
nogged timber-frame, thatched roof. Two 2-bay units end to end,
each one room deep, 1½ storeys. Front: to left taller, longer
wing: framing 3 square panels high to eaves; blocked door on
left, shaped stud. Two paired 2-light casements; end of beam
shows over rail over left pair: some rails inserted. Set back on
right: single-light casement, boarded door under leanto open
porch, weatherboard roof. Three-light casement to right, cuts
stud. Above 2 swept dormers each section, each with 2-light
casement, centre pair old. Brick chimney on ridge, centre of left
half; ridge slightly lower to left of chimney than on right.
External stone chimney on right gable, tiled offsets, brick stack.
Internally floor joists raised slightly late C20: large fireplace
to right room, left half, with iron crane. Probably originally a
single farmhouse, converted to 3 cottages, reconverted C20 to
single house. Windows to front largely late C20.

Listing NGR: SO7728829570

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26348481

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)