Description

BISHOPS CANNINGS HORTON
SU 06 SW
(south side)
6/135 Tudor Cottage

II

House. Late C16-early C17. Timber framed with whitewashed wattle
and daub and brick infilling. Brick sill and thatched roof.
Single storey and attics, 3½ bays. Lobby entry plan with entrance
to half bay between bays 2 and 3, the latter with a later C17 two-
bay rear wing. Framing 3 panels high with ogee corner braces.
Door boarded with pent stone-tiled porch. Moulded 5-light canted
oriel windows on single carved brackets, and tiled roofs. Small
diamond glazing. Windows 3-light to end bay and gable. Upper
windows in bays 2 and 3 within raised gables. Two flush dormers to
rear. Thatch peaked at gables and central brick stack. Lean-to
clasping rear wing, boarded, with Bridgewater tiled roof.
Interior has later stair in lobby. Bay 3, original parlour, has
moulded cross ceiling beams and chalkstone fireplace with timber
fire beam, and smoking chamber centrally at rear. Original hall in
bay 2 has similar fireplace with side oven, and third bread oven
in same stack opens off entrance lobby. Smaller fireplace to
chamber over parlour, now divided as access to rear wing. Central
half-bay windbraced. Rear wing has chamfered cross beams with
pyramid bar stops, and carved circular motif at intersection.
(WILBR B 1717)

Listing NGR: SU0492863362

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26488081

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)