Description

TL 4215 WIDFORD HIGH STREET
(west side)
Widford village

6/10 The Old Cottage

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GV II

House. C17 or earlier. Timberframed plastered house with half-
hipped thatched roof and area of red tiling around the front
dormer. 3-unit plan with lobby entry and large central chimney
one third from N end. One and a half storeys 3 windows house
with small gabled tiled dormer on wallplate of centre part.
Middle originally open to roof and S bay lofted over. Near end
of C17 or early C18 chimney stack built and hall and N room
floored over and dormer window put in to light chamber over hall
(RCHM Typescript). External gable chimney on S later. Very
steep thatched roof. 3-light casement with leaded glazing on
left. 2 small rectangular projecting bay windows with tiled
roofs. Boarded door with dripboard on small brackets. An
historic C17 timberframed thatched house of special interest.
Part of the varied group in this part of the Conservation Area.

Listing NGR: TL4202416002

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26631110

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  For the Record
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)