Description

TL 64 SE HELIONS BUMPSTEAD WIGGENS GREEN
2/21 Thatch Cottage

GV II

House, early C17, altered in C20. Timber framed, plastered, roof thatched.
3 bays aligned approximately E-W, with axial chimney stack at W end of middle
bay. C20 exensions to W and S, roofed with red tiles. Single storey with
attics. One blocked doorway, one C20 door with tiled gabled hood, 4 C20
casement windows, 2 more in swept dormers. Some framing exposed internally.
Jowled posts, curved tension bracing to corner posts inside studs. Plain-
chamfered axial beams with exposed joists of horizontal section supported on
clamps in all bays. Face-halved and bladed scarf in N wallplate. Original
rebated floorboards. Partition removed between E and middle ground floor rooms.
Large wood-burning hearth, not in use.

Listing NGR: TL6621242360

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26458892

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]