Description

SJ 60 SW; 5/13

BUILDWAS C.P.,
BUILDWAS,

Brook Cottage

GV

II

Cottage. Mid-C17 with later additions and alterations. Timber framed
with painted brick infill, machine tile roof. 2-cell plan. One storey
and attic; framing: partly replaced to front, rectangular panels, two
from sill to wall-plate with vertical struts from tie beam to collar
to right gable end, short straight tension braces; irregular
fenestration, two late C20 casements on ground floor with C20 gabled eaves
dormer above; entrance through half-glazed C20 door in left return but
position of former door visible in framing to rear; integral red brick
end stack to left with steep-pitched early C19 gabled rubblestone and
brick addition (painted black and white in imitation of timber frame)
abutting. INTERIOR: not inspected but noted as having chamfered
spine beam and heavy joists to left-hand ground-floor room of C17 part.

Listing NGR: SJ6364804716

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26469710

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)