Description

TL 5867 BURWELL NORTH STREET
(West Side)
14/43
No 69
II

House late medieval three unit plan with open hall; C17 floor
frames; east gable wall rebuilt originally with parapet gable,
chimney stack, and roof using medieval material c.1700.
Timber-frame plastered, painted brick with modern brick ridge
stack and end stack to west. Thatched roof. One storey and
attic. Two gabled, casement dormer windows; five modern ground
floor casement windows and six panelled door. Interior has two
inglenook hearths. Double ovolo-moulded axial beam with leaf
and jewel stops. Painted floor joists to parlour covered by
modern plastered ceiling. Medieval wall-frame exposed has two
scarf joints, ground-sill scarf face lipped and squint-butted
with secret bridle, and scarf to wall plate stop-splayed.

RCHM, North-East Cambs, p.37, mon. 78
Hewett C. The Development of Carpentry 1200-1700, pp.176, 185

Listing NGR: TL5866567729

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26455263

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)