Description

WOOBURN CORES END ROAD
SU 98 NW
6/169 Cores End House and
Cores End Cottage (formerly
listed as Cores End House)
21.6.55
- II*
House. Circa 1730 with rear wing of c.1800. Front range is of red
and vitreous brick, irregularly chequered, with old tile roof,
half-hipped to left. Brick chimneys with c.1800 cogged caps to right
and rear. Double pile, 2 storeys and attic, 5 bays. Gauged first
floor band with central dentil course, wooden eaves cornice with
shaped modillions. Boxed 3-pane sashes, all renewed C20, with gauged
brick heads and stone sills. Central first floor window is blind and
painted. 2 flat-roofed dormers with paired wooden casements and
dentil cornices. Central 6-panelled door with 4-pane rectangular
fanlight and wooden cornice hood on shaped scroll brackets. Rear has
central hipped stair turret with re-sited original sash window. Rear wing
is of brick with dentil eaves, hipped old tile roof and brick chimneys
with cogged caps. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Right side has original paired
leaded casements, those to ground floor with segmental heads and
panelled shutters. Small C20 diamond-shaped window between right bays.
Original 2-panelled door to left in wooden trellis porch. C20 flat-
roofed extension projects to right. Interior: all front rooms have
original panelling and boxed cornices; upper left room has fireplace
with shouldered wooden architrave surround, pulvinated frieze and
cornice; original staircase with column balusters, closed string,
moulded handrail and square newels.

Listing NGR: SU9041987249

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17541157

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)