Description

SP 8020 WHITCHURCH HIGH STREET
(east side)

9/213 No. 58 (formerly listed
as Nos. 56 and 58)

21.12.67

GV II

House. Early-mid C16 and early C17, altered C18, with remnant of
medieval cruck house. Whitewashed render and roughcast over timber frame
and plinth, old tile roof, brick chimneys to centre and between left
bays. 2 storeys, the upper jettied to front with higher first floor in
third bay. 4 bays. C18 leaded casements, 3-light to first floor and
bays 2 and 4 of ground floor. Other ground floor bays have canted bay
windows, that to right with C18 moulded plaster cornice. Central
lobby entry with board door in architrave frame; C20 half-glazed door
in recess in right bay; another board door in lean-to to left with
board hood on shaped brackets. C19-C20 lean-to extensions to rear.
One cruck blade attached to rear left-hand corner. Interior: third
bay has large fireplace with moulded 4-centred wooden lintel, moulded
cross beams, altered central truss with remains of arch-braced
collar, and arched wind-braces. Left bays have slightly later framing
with curved wind-braces and 3 re-sited moulded stone fireplaces with
4-centred arches.
RCHM II p. 326 Mon.6.

Listing NGR: SP8022020752

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26453623

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
• 
  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)