Description

BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA THE GREEN
TQ 75 SE (East side)

1/42 Lime Tree Cottage
(formerly listed
23.5.67 as Nos 2 and 3)

GV II

House. Early C17, probably with C16 or earlier core and later alterations.
Timber framed. Exposed framing to ground floor with rendered painted brick
infilling. First floor hung with banded plain and fishscale tiles.
Approximately 4 timber-framed bays. 2 storeys. Broadly-spaced close studding
to ground floor of left end bay, second bay from left close-studded, possibly
separately-framed from left end bay, and with continuous ? former window-
cill just above ground. 2 right bays with thin-scantling studding and painted
brick infilling with lacing pieces. Continuous jetty on solid-spandrel
brackets. Roof hipped to left with gablet, half-hipped to right, with half-hip
jettied. Slightly lower ridge to right of stack. Brick gable end stack to left
and ridge stack to left end of right-central bay. Irregular fenestration of 6
casements; one 3-light to left end, with one 2-light close beside it to right, one
4-light to left-central bay with a 2-light painted ovolo-moulded mullion window
beside it to right, one 2-light casement under stack and one 4-light painted
ovolo-moulded mullion window to right end. Boarded door in early C20 timber-
framed and rendered porch towards right end. Short rear wing to left, tile-
hung on first-floor and with steeply-pitched hipped roof with gablet. Painted
brick rear lean-to continuous with gable-end of wing. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ7683951285

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26628078

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)