Description

TL 32NW ASPENDEN BALDOCK ROAD
(south side)

3/1 White Cottage Nos 1, and
2 at Buttermilk Hall
Farm (formerly listed as
Buttermilk Hall)
30.1.74

-
II

House, now 2 houses. C16 N crosswing and open-hall range of a T-
plan late medieval house, taller S part rebuilt with hall roof,
in mid C19. N extension C20. Timber frame plastered, decorated
with raised bands of painted slate, with old red tile roofs. A
2-storeys T-plan house facing E, with large C17 central chimney
in upper (N) bay of hall, stair behind it to N (probably
replacing an earlier one) and N-side external chimney to W bay of
crosswing of C18 brickwork probably replacing an older stack. S
external gable chimney serves brick-built C19 plastered S
wing replacing old service end. Irregular E front with
projecting gabled N wing, gable to hall and higher S wing with
door into a cross-passage with stair. Conjoined diagonal shafts
of central chimney serve hall and the chamber over. Exposed
timber in long cross-wing with jowled posts and edge-halved scarf
joint in wallplate with bridled butts. (RCHM Typescript:
Buckler dwg. of c1830 in HRO).

Listing NGR: TL3423529428

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26394708

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Recommended Books

• 
  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)