Description

TL 92 NE COLCHESTER

584/16/10027
CHITTS HILL
Lexden Seven Arches Cottage

II

House. Early C17. Rendered and colourwashed timber frame; plain tiled roof.
EXTERIOR: facade faces south: 2-storeys; 2-window range. Glazed late C20 door right of centre behind gabled and plain tiled brick and stud porch. One 3~Iight late C-20 bowed casement to left and one 2-light late C20 casement to right. 2 2-light UPVC first-floor casements. Poof gabled to east, hipped to west. Central rebuilt brick ridge stack with lower courses of C17 brick. Pear with full-length outshut under catslide roof 3 top-hung casements and half-glazed door, all late C20. Late C20 casements and French doors to east and west returns. INTERIOR:intact timber frame, chamfered bridging beams and plain joists. Frame with middle rail and arched braces to tops of principal corner studs. Central fireplaces largely rebuilt C20.

Listing NGR: TL9635725978

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26639493

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  For the Record