Description

TA 10 NW GREAT LIMBER THE SQUARE

5/120 The Old Priest's
House (Formerly listed as
1-11-66 The Priest House)
II

House, formerly priest's house, C17 with C18, C19 and C20
alterations. Colourwashed brick, thatched roof with steep tile
coped gable, kneelers, with one gable and 2 ridge stacks. 2
storey irregular 5 bay front, basically a single long range, but
with single storey kitchen at one end and single storey outshut.
Off centre C20 double French doors with to left a glazing bar
sash and to right a glazing bar casement, a glazing bar sash and
a 4 light casement in the outshut with beyond again a half glazed
door to the kitchen. On the first floor are 3 glazing bar
sashes, a Yorkshire glazing bar sash and 3 small glazing bar
casements. The 2 upper windows to the right of the front are
dormers, the thatch sweeping up over them. In the kitchen are
2 bays of a C17 softwood ceiling with moulded girders. The main
house roof is also C17, of trapped purlin with ridgepiece
construction. On the first floor, extensive oak timbers of
probable early C17 character are exposed, one bearing an
unreliable date of 1311.

Listing NGR: TA1332808537

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26439954

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Recommended Books

• 
  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
• 
  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)