Description

ROBOROUGH
SS 51 NE
8/178 Tracey Hill Cottage
-
GV II

Cottage, possibly formerly 2 cottages. Mid to late C17 with minor late C19 addition
and minor late C20 alterations and additions. Rendered cob with wheatstraw thatched
roof. Rendered end stacks.
Plan and development: Three-room plan, facing north-east. Integral end stacks and
central unheated hall with front entrance at the right-hand end. Blocked front
doorway into left-hand room. Inserted C20 staircase at rear of left-hand room.
Partition between central and left-hand ground-floor room removed, probably in the
late C20. C19 outshut at left-hand end, altered in the late C20. Late C20 outshut
at right-hand end. Two storeys with one-storey outshuts.
Exterior: Asymmetrically -fenestrated front; mostly late C19 two-and three-light
wooden casements, 3 to first floor and 4 to ground floor. Second ground-floor window
from left is a late C20 fixed window, formerly a doorway. Doorway between first and
second windows from right with late C20 two-leaf door, wooden lintel and late C20
thatched rendered porch.
Tnterior: Right- and left-hand ground floor rooms have joists spanning front to
back. Probably C20 joists in central room. C17 fireplaces in end rooms have stone
jambs and chamfered wooden lintels. The left-hand fireplace has a bread oven with a
C19 cast-iron door. Front doorway reduced in width at same time (see former wider
jambs). C17 roof with trusses consisting of straight principals and pegged lap-
jointed collars.
It is reported (owners, February 1988) that the cottage was formerly 2 separate
cottages, joined together at quite a late date, but the building provides no evidence
of this.

Listing NGR: SS5801016600

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26398965

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
• 
  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper