Description

WILBURTON CHURCH LANE
TL 4775 (North Side)

18/39 No. 8 (The Grange)
5.2.52
GV II

House. Late C15 and C17. Timber-frame part exposed and part plaster
rendered, and red brick. Hipped roof and gabled roof with end parapet on
kneelers. Both plain tiled. End stack to hall, and inserted stack to
crosswing. Hall and crosswing plan. Two storeys. Late C15 crosswing
formerly a parlour crosswing to possible open hall. First floor jettied on
north-east end having bull nose joists on shaped brackets. Exposed first
floor framing with curved downward wall bracing. Modern leaded light
casements. Hall range is late C17. Timber-framed with red brick ground floor
and gable end. Two storeys. Similar C20 three and two leaded light
casements. Doorway in reentrant angle between hall and wing. A small lean-to
addition has been made to the parlour wing in the early C20. Interior:
Crosswing is structurally in three bays with most of the centre bay now
occupied by the chimney and back-to-back hearths which were inserted in the
C17. The three bays were originally probably divided into two rooms. The
variation in the mouldings indicates this. The prick posts in the room to the
north-east and the main post which they support have an ogee and a cavetto
moulding terminating in stops. The joists are laid flat and are of
substantial scantling with close centres. The middle rail has a chamfered
lower edge. The C17 fireplace in this room has been rebuilt. In the room to
the south-west the main beam and prick posts have chamfer mouldings. There is
an inglenook inserted in this room. At first floor small chamber hearths with
splayed backs. There is a crown-post roof. The roof has been rebuilt and the
end hipped. The two trusses that remain have plain posts and staggered
two-way bracing to the collar purlin. Each truss has framing for a partition
at first floor and in the roof indicating that the first floor was divided
into three rooms or chambers all open to the roof. The C17 part has been
repaired internally following a fire. The lintel over the inglenook is
embattled and is possibly reset.

V.C.H. Cambs., Vol. IV, p168

Listing NGR: TL4793175045

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26589499

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)