Description

LITCHFIELD AND WOODCOTT
SU4SSW
WOODCOTT
184-0/4/10008 Hall Cottage

II

House. Circa 1600, extended circa late C18 or early C19, later C19 and C20. Brick and timber frame faced in brick and tile-hanging. Clay plain tile hipped roof Brick axial stack at the centre and brick stack at north west end. PLAN: 2-bay timber-framed house with central axial stack with back-to-back fireplaces; extended in brick in circa late C18 or early C19 by one bay at either end and later in the C19 outshuts were added at the back; a short central rear wing was built in the C20. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4-window south west front with 2 and 3-light casements with horizontal glazing bars; centre of first floor is tile-hung. At rear north the roof is carried down as catslide over an outshut and at the centre a short C20 wing with a half-hipped roof INTERIOR: Wall-framing exposed, square panels and straight tension-braces, jowled storey-posts supportmg tie-beam trusses with collars, clasped purlins and wind-braces; some of the common-rafter couples intact. Chamfered ceiling beams with cyma and hollow-step stops.

Listing NGR: SU4542854576

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558821

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback