Description

SP 0738 CHILDSWICKHAM CP ATKINSON STREET (north side)
7/153 Atkinson House
30.7.59
GV II*
House. C14 with C16 and C19 alterations. Restored late 1960s. Timber-
framing on stone base with stone slate roof. At the left is a jettied
cross-wing, with framing of heavy scantling, in roughly square panels on
the ground floor and with more closely spaced studs on the first floor.
The gable wall has two curved tension braces on the ground floor, and
a restored window with timber mullions on each floor. Above the first
floor window is a slated weathering added in the C20. The truss has a
king strut between tie-beam and collar, and two raking struts. Attached to
C20 bargeboards are worn medieval scalloped bargeboards. The left-hand (west)
wall of the wing has three curved braces on the ground floor, a restored
timber mullioned window on each floor and a C20 metal casement window at
the left on the ground floor. The right-hand return wall of the wing has two
small trefoiled lights cut into a first floor stud. The main part of the house,
on the site of the hall and incorporating some of its remains, has two casement
windows on the ground floor and one on the first floor. Between the ground
floor windows is a blocked doorway. The right-hand part of the wall, and
the right-hand gable, are of stone. Chimney at right has brick cap. Exposed
in this gable wall is a cruck blade re-used as a tie-beam. Interior: cross-
wing, originally solar, has wide ceiling joists laid flat, and a C17 stair
with large moulded handrail and splat balusters. On the first floor are exposed
purlins and curved wind-braces, and a central truss with cambered tie-beam,
curved braces, a collar, and curved struts. The ground floor room of the main
range has moulded main ceiling joists, probably inserted in the C16, and a
stone inglenook fireplace.

Listing NGR: SP0751538691

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17548695

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)