Description

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TM 1890
28/1255

WACTON
THE COMMON
Bretts Manor

(Formerly listed as The White Cottage, WACTON COMMON)

II
Late C14/early C15 "Wealden" house with open hall (not floored) with queen post roof with arched braces and with two storeyed bays at each end. Plastered timber-frame. Hipped thatched roof. Central hall with large six-light mullion window, two storeys at each end with small three- and four-light mullion windows. All windows replicas of original, one original four-light mullion window at rear. Doorway on right of hall to screens passage with modern oak door and arch.

Interior: the screen has been removed, but there are two shouldered arch doorways in the screens passage to the service room and the room above. Later lean-to on west end. Large modern one storey flat roofed wing at rear (north).

Listing NGR: TM1843590680

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26475091

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)