Description

TL 64 SE STEEPLE BUMPSTEAD CHAPEL STREET
2/64
21/6/62 Portobello Cottage

GV II

House, C17, altered in C18 and C20. Timber framed, weatherboarded, roof
thatched. 2 bays aligned approx. N-S with axial chimney stack in N bay, and
2-bay crosswing to N, forming an L-plan, with C19 external chimney stack on
N wall. Early C20 extension with slate roof to E of crosswing, and later C20
flat-roofed extension to E of N-S range. Single storey with attics. W
elevation, C20 glazed door, one tripartite double-hung sash window of 2-4-2
lights, one double-hung sash window of 4 lights, and one more on first floor,
all late C19. Recessed panel in base of main chimney stack. The interior has
jowled posts and heavy studding. The floor of the N-S range has plain-chamfered
beams with lamb's tongue stops and joists of vertical section jointed to them
with soffit tenons with diminished haunches. The floor of the crosswing has
been rebuilt in the C18. Large wood-burning hearth of C17 bricks. RCHM 17.

Listing NGR: TL6806541111

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26459682

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas