Description

TL 64 SE STEEPLE BUMPSTEAD CLAY WALL BRIDGE
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21/6/62 Clay Wall House

II

House, early C17 or earlier, altered in C18 and C19. Timber framed, plastered,
roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 4 bays aligned NW-SE, aspect NE, with
axial chimney stack in second bay from SE, forming lobby entrance, and external
chimney stack at NW end. 2 rear wings, and lean-to extension in W angle. 2
storeys. 6-panel door with top 2 glazed in Tuscan porch, one tripartite double-
hung sash window of 2-4-2 lights, late C19, and 3 double-hung sash windows of 4
lights, late C19. First floor, 5 similar sash windows. In base of main chimney
stack there are 2 recessed panels with the date 1614 inscribed in modern
plaster. It has 4 octagonal shafts, rebuilt at the top. Roof hipped at SE end
only. RCHM 19.

Listing NGR: TL6802741328

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26622697

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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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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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)