Description

BEDFIELD LONG GREEN
TM 26 NW
2/30 Nos. 1 & 2, Daisy Cottage
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- II

Former farmhouse, now 2 dwellings. Late C16/early C17. Timber framed; the
front and left gable end are pebbledash-rendered, the remainder plastered.
Roof of old plaintiles. 3-cell form. 2 storeys and attic. Intact late C19
facade. 3 windows, 4-paned sashes. 2 matching doorways, each with 4-panel
door and a gabled hood on curved brackets, with pierced scalloped bargeboards
and spike finial. Internal stack with plain oblong shaft, the lower portion
original. Small gable stack to right. Lean-to additions on each gable end.
Interior. No. 1, comprising the hall and service end of the original
farmhouse, has mid C20 internal modernisation exposing most of the timbers.
Plain studding with slightly cranked reverse-curved braces. Diamond-mullioned
windows opened out in rear wall of service cell. Hall chamber has applied
plank cornice above wallplate. Roof has clasped purlins and a lower row of
triangular purlins; most of the wind bracing is missing. No.2, comprising the
parlour end of the farmhouse, is less heavily modernised internally. Parlour
chamber has applied cornice. No.2 contains the original newel stair, in 2
flights.

Listing NGR: TM2180466938

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26572500

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)