Description

PALGRAVE THE GREEN (EAST SIDE)
TM 1178
5/66 Forge Cottage and Harrow
- Cottage

-- II

House, now 2 dwellings. Early to mid C16, floored and extended in C17,
extended and altered in C20. Timber frames, plastered. Steeply pitched
glazed pantiled roofs. Originally a small 2 bay open hall, extended to right
with lobby entry and parlour bays. Now all 2 storeys. Earlier bays have
entrance slightly off centre, half glazed recessed door with flathooded
surround, C19 and C20 2 and 3-light flush frame casements, ground floor
hoodboards. Left end C19 external stack with rebuilt capping, exposed plates
and purlins. Parlour addition to right, now Harrow Cottage, has C20 openings.
Axial ridge stack to left, exposed plates and purlins in taller roof. Lower 2
storey C20 addition to far right. To rear early continuous lean-to outshut
additions. Interior: Forge Cottage has close studding, chamfered binding
beams and joists, first floor framing concealed. Harrow Cottage has a stop
chamfered axial binding beam, straight tension braces, altered framing.

Listing NGR: TM1158678606

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26477329

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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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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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey