Description

TL 525 082 MAGDALEN LAVER
5/23 Start Farmhouse

- II

Cottage, c.1500, extended in C18 and C20. Timber framed, plastered with frame
exposed, roof thatched. 2 bays aligned approx. E-W, aspect S, with external
chimney stack, C17, at E end. N extension at E end, C18, forming an L-plan.
Lean-to extension in NW angle, roofed with handmade red clay pantiles.
Weatherboarded shed to SE, roofed with red clay pantiles and Roman tiles.
Single storey with attics. S elevation, plain boarded door, 2 C19 casement
windows, one casement window in swept dormer roofed with red clay Roman tiles,
C20. Roof half-hipped at W end only. Jowled posts. Curved tension bracing in
end wall and arched bracing in side walls, trenched outside studs. Edge-halved
and bridled scarfs in wallplates. Roof of crownpost construction, plastered to
soffits of collars, central crownpost without braces. Originally the E bay was
open to the roof. The W bay may have had a lodged floor, but both the present
floors are C17 insertions, consisting of axial beams chamfered and stopped, with
exposed joists supported on clamps. In N extension unjowled posts, clasped
purlin roof. The walls were weatherboarded until the early C20.

Listing NGR: TL5254808192

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26459338

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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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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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)