Description

SJ 53 SE
7/77

PREES C.P.
LOWER HEATH
Laburnum Cottage

II

Farmhouse, latterly 2 cottages, now house. Mid-C17 with later additions
and alterations. Timber framed with rendered infill and plinth; machine
tile roof. Original 2-cell plan extended to left late C20. One storey
and attic. Framing: square panels, 3 from cill to wall-plate with long
straight tension braces. Late C20 fenestration, 2 casements to ground
floor, both to right of C19 open gabled porches with carved balusters,
left with C20 panelled door, right now with leaded fixed-light window
inserted; 3 late C20 gabled eaves dormers. Red brick stack immediately
behind ridge to centre. Interior: framing (square panels) exposed to
cross-wall and original left gable end; chamfered spine beam and heavy
joists to left ground-floor room of C17 part. Collar and tie beam roof
in 2 bays. Late C20 extension is not of special architectural interest.

Listing NGR: SJ5776533114

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26508345

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)