Description

HAWKEDON

832/0/10033 Scoles Gate
20-JUN-02

II

House. c.1500 with C17 and later alterations and extensions. Rendered and colourwashed timber-frame with pantiled roof, one end half-hipped. Brick ridge and side stacks. Originally probably 2-unit open hall house with a 3rd unit rebuilt or added C17. Single storey with 2 attics. 2 storeys. Front to road has projecting lean-to to right with door and lean-to to left with 3-light casement. 2 Lincolnshire dormers over. Right end has C20 casements. Left end has a 3-light casement to each floor. Front to garden has door with 3-light casement and C20 conservatory to left and projecting stack to right. 2-light dormer over.
INTERIOR. Much tall panel framing visible. Chamfered bridging beams with wide joists. Jowled wall posts. Back-to-back open fireplaces with bressumers and stack probably inserted C17 when west bay built or rebuilt. Wide floor boards in part and plank doors. Roof in earlier part has rafters of heavy scantling. Early window frame visible in east ground floor room.
A house displaying 2 main building periods c1500 and C17, and comparatively little alteration since.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26642868

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
• 
  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
• 
  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
• 
  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
• 
  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)