Description

FREMINGTON FREMINGTON
SS 53 SW
2/36 The Old Cottage
II
House. Early C17, extended to rear in C20. Rendered stone and cob. Asbestos
slate roof. Stack at left gable end and axial rubble stack with tapered cap.
3-room former through-passage plan, the rear doorway now blocked, with the hall
stack backing onto the passage. C20 2-storey extension to rear left end forming
overall L-shaped plan.
2 storeys. 3-window range C20 3-light casements, those to right have diamond
leaded panes. Ground floor has gabled porch with slate roof. 6-panelled door, the
upper panels glazed. 2-light window to right, 2 panes per light and a 3-light
casements, 4 panes per light, one 2-light casement 6 panes per light and a 2-light
window 2 panes per light to left.
Interior: Plank and muntin screen between hall and inner room, 6 panels wide, the
muntins and headrail chamfered on hall side, with doorway at right end with renewed
timber surround. Ceiling beams renewed, some original joists. Single raised cruck
truss forming closed partition over hall/inner room, with some renewed timber.
Trenched purlins and ridge purlin. No sign of smoke-blackening. Remaining roof
structure replaced in C20.

Listing NGR: SS5143132391

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26401431

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey