Description

MELBOURN LITTLE LANE
TL 3844
(South west side)
24/187
No. 6
II

Cottage. Mid-late C.17. Timber-framed, plaster rendered and long straw
thatch roof, half-hipped. Original red brick ridge stack with upper courses
rebuilt in grey brick. Three bay and lobby entry plan, extended by small
kitchen wing, lateC20. One storey and attic. Three square headed late C20
dormers with three light casements of same period. Three windows at ground
floor, one to the original parlour has the site for the diamond mullions and
the pegs for the sill, now lowered. Doorway opposite the stack. Inside: Red
brick inglenook hearth. The timber are well carpentered, of uniform
scantling and tend to be heavier than those found in the late C18 or early
C19 cottages in the village. The framing is somewhat similar to that of the
Pink Geranium. Restaurant,Station Road (q.v.). The cottage retains the
original newel staircase off the centre room and a doorway through the framed
partition wall from the centre room or hall to the parlour. The end bay to
the right hand was originally open to the roof and was probably used for
storage. The joists in the centre room have a cyma stop to the main beam and
a single run-out stop at the other end. Clasped side purlin roof. In 1842
the cottage was owned by John Hitch and occupied by William Long.

Tithe Map: (C.R.O)

Listing NGR: TL3827444616

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26604189

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