Description

LONGWICK-CUM-ILMER THAME ROAD
SP 70 NE
1/118 Sara's Cottage and The
Old Orchard (formerly listed
as The Old Orchards)
21.6.55
II
Pair of cottages. C17, altered early-mid C18 and later. Left bay
has timber frame with whitewashed brick infill, partly herringbone.
Remainder rebuilt in whitewashed brick with some rendered timbering
to first floor of right bay. Tiled roof, rebuilt chimney of thin
brick between left bays, later brick chimney to right. 1½-2 storeys,
3 bays. Right bays have barred horizontal sliding sashes, those to
first floor in eaves-line dormers. Small paired wooden casement
below eaves between right bays. Left bay has paired wooden casement
to first floor right, and canted bay window, both with horizontal
wooden glazing bars. Board door to loft, half-glazed door between
left bays. Early C20 single storey half-timbered bay to left.
Interior has stop-chamfered spine beams.
RCHM I p.272 Mon. 25.

Listing NGR: SP7846705344

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26418838

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)