Description

BUCKERELL
SY 10 SW

5/91 Avenhayes
22.2.55

II

House. Late Medieval origins, remodelled and extended in the circa early C17.
Whitewashed and rendered, probably cob on stone footings; thatched roof with a plain
ridge, half-hipped at the left end, gabled at the right end, wing hipped at end;
axial stack and right end stack, both with rendered shafts.
Plan: Interesting historic plan form: an overall L plan, the main range a 4 room and
through passage arrangement. To the left of the passage the hall, with the hall
stack backing on to it and an unheated inner room to the extreme left. To the right
of the passage a small unheated service room with an axial passage in front giving
access to the heated lower end room. Unheated 1 room plan rear wing at right angles
to the lower end. The house originated as a late Medieval open hall of which 1
smoke-blackened jointed cruck survives over the hall. The house was probably
remodelled and extended at the lower end in the C17 giving the central service room
plan form. The right hand room appears to have been partly rebuilt.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Attractive long asymmetrical 4 window front with the eaves
thatch eyebrowed over the only 2 first floor windows. Slightly recessed front door,
approximately central with a C17 chamfered doorframe with a slightly cambered lintel
and a C17 plank and stud front door with big strap hinges. C19 or C20 2- and 3-light
casements with small panes.
Interior: Rich in carpentry and joinery. The hall, to the left of the passage, has
moulded ceiling beams and moulded joists, a plank and muntin screen at the higher end
with chamfered muntins with diagonally-cut stops and an open fireplace with chamfered
Beerstone jambs and a replaced lintel. The inner room, to the extreme left, has a
chamfered crossbeam and exposed joists. The passage has a doorway with a round-
headed chamfered frame into the hall and good doorframes into the unheated service
room from the cross passage and into the axial passage from the through passage. The
unheated service room is made up of plank and muntin screens on all 3 sides, the
screen on the lower side incomplete. The screen facing the axial passage has a
chamfered doorframe. The lower end room has a re-used crossbeam and rebuilt
fireplace. The rear wing has a chamfered stopped crossbeam. The stairs rise from
the through passage, cutting into the rear of the unheated service room.
Roof: 1 side-pegged jointed cruck truss survives over the hall with sooted principals
and some sooted rafters surviving. The rest of the roof in the main range is
probably late C17. The wing has a face-pegged jointed cruck roof, probably early
C17, apex not seen at time of survey.
An evolved house of Medieval origins with an attractively simple exterior. Good
interior features and an historic plan form.

Listing NGR: ST1192400251

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26570176

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)