Description

TA 20 SE BRIGSLEY WAITHE LANE
(north side)
7/18
The Thatch
4.1.67
II
-

House. C17 with later additions and alterations. Timber frame with mud-
and-stud infill, encased in brick to right extension; roughly-squared chalk
plinth and sections of walling to main section. Rendered throughout, apart
from whitewashed chalk wall on south side. Plan: main section comprises 2
rooms with stairs beside central stack, 2 main bays of timber frame with
intermediate wall-posts and narrow central bay for former fire-hood; single-
room extension to right with one bay of timber frame and C20 entrance porch
to rear. South front, facing street: single storey and attic, with slightly
lower extension to right, 5 windows. Irregular plinth to main section.
Projecting coursed chalk wall to centre, rising to just above window level
and containing a small single-pane stairwindow. Two C20 casements with
glazing bars to either side, one 12-pane sliding sash to extension. Pair of
hooded half-dormers with 4-pane casements, that to left with a 4-pane
triangular light above. Hipped roof with ornate ridge capping, axial stacks
to left and to extension. Rear has rendered projecting central chalk
section and 3 very small windows, 2 with leaded lights. Interior: exposed
oak framing includes wall posts with mid-rails and arched braces to tie
beams and wall plates; first-floor joists carried on wall plates and
roughly-chamfered spine beams on posts. Brick central stack (probably
replacing original firehood) with back-to-back inglenook fireplaces.

Listing NGR: TA2536601688

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26596755

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey