Description

TL 8422-8522 COGGESHALL GRANGE HILL
(west side)

9/126 No. 2 (Riverside
Cottage)

GV II

Cottage. Early C17, altered in C19 and C20. Timber framed, plastered, roofed
with slate. Single range facing E with axial stack at left end, originally
external, now internal, and C19/20 stack to rear right. 2 storeys. C20 single-
storey lean-to extension with slate roof along full length of rear, and
projecting to right; C20 flat-roofed extension to left. 2-window range of C20
casements with rectangular leading. Plain boarded door with C20 gabled and
tiled canopy on brackets. Originally this was a single-storey cottage; the
walls have been raised approximately 1.40 metres and the roof rebuilt to a slate
pitch. Chamfered axial beam with runout stops in left bay, boxed in right bay.
One original roof truss is preserved in the intermediate partition. Large
wood-burning hearth with 0.33 metre jambs and a seat in each inglenook, of C16
and C17 bricks. In 1980 a child's shoe datable to c.1700, items of children's
clothing and clay pipes were found in this stack, now in Colchester Museum and
in the possession of the owner. Shown as one of a line of buildings in a map of
1639 (Essex Record Office, D/DOp P.1).

Listing NGR: TL8494022313

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26622320

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide