Description

EARDISLEY CP

WHITNEY ROAD (south side)

SO 3049 - 3149
7/89
16.10.67

The Cruck House
(formerly listed as

Broadlands)
II

House. Probably C14, altered mid-C19 and mid-C20. Timber-framed with
painted brick and rubble infill on painted rubble base and with some painted
rubble walling; stone-tiled roof laid in diminishing courses and rubble stack
at east end with rubble and brick shafts. Cruck hall house of two framed bays
aligned east/west with large east end chimney, Single storey and attic with
dormer. Framing: full cruck truss with collar exposed at east gable end.
Wall-framing has mainly two panels from sill to wall-plate. North front
elevation: there is a C19 oriel window on straight brackets with a hipped
roof and casements windows and also a 2-light C19 casement with a plank
weathering on the ground floor. Above is a gabled dormer with a 2-light casement
Main entrance to rear of chimney at east end and has a lean-to canopy
on straight brackets and a C20 door. Attic light at west end. C20 single-
storey flat-roofed extension at rear. Interior retains its central cruck
truss. (RCHM, III, p 53, item 9; Alcock, NW: CBA Cruck Catalogue, 1981).

Listing NGR: SO3097849636

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26588818

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability