Description

TL 96 NE HUNSTON THE STREET

2/88 The Old Cottage
15.11.54

-- II

House, C16 with porch and remodelling of 1619. One storey and attics. 3-cell
lobby-entrance plan. Timber framed: arch studbraced wall framing exposed
externally in C20 with plaster infill panels. Thatched roof with eyebrow
casement dormers. An axial C17 chimney of red brick. 2-light C18 casements
with leaded lights, some replicated in mid C20. A fine 2-storey entrance
porch, dated 1619. Timber-framed, plastered with exposed framing. The 1st
storey is jettied on 3 sides, with exposed joist ends and billet-carved
bressumers. The gable tie-beam is also jettied, carved with delicate cresting
and in the centre is a panel with the date 1619. Drop finials of cage form at
either corner and below ridge. Carved contemporary bargeboards. A shallow
oriel window over the entrance, ovolo-moulded, with 5 lights above and below a
transome; 3-light windows in side walls. Pair of mid C20 doors with 2 fielded
panels. To right is an C18 single-bay extension.

Listing NGR: TL9750468486

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26573305

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)