Description

WORKHOUSE HILL
1.
5377 Hartest
Orchard Cottage
TL 8352 17/285
II

2.
A C15-C16 timber-framed and and plastered house possibly originally a hall
house with a floor inserted in the Cl6. Renovated in the C20. 1 storey
and attics. Small casement windows. There is an original window (restored)
on the south end, with diamond mullions. A gabled porch projects on the
west front. Roof tiled, with a gambrel roof at the south end, 2 gabled
dormers on the west front and 1 gabled dormer on the east front. The
interior has good C16 moulded ceiling beams.

Listing NGR: TL8326452877

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26476696

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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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: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (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]