Description

BITTERLEY

SO57NW MIDDLETON
482-1/5/95 Brookhouse Cottage

GV II

Formerly known as: Nos.2 AND 3 Brookhouse Cottages Middleton.

2 houses, now single house. C15 and C17. Timber-frame with
painted rendered infill panels on brick and stone plinth.
Rendered brick central ridge stack. 2-bay C17 range added to
earlier, possibly C15, 3-bay range.
EXTERIOR: single-storey and attic. South-east entrance side:
C17 2-window range with square framing 3 panels high, with
truss posts, girding beam, studs and middle rail, 4 casements
and dormer, cellar entrance in plinth. 3-bay earlier range
with square framing partly underbuilt with brick to left bay.
Plain boarded entrance door under simple canopy, 2-light
casement in left bay. Boarded door, dormer opening, large
swept tension brace in central bay. End bay weatherboarded on
all sides and with lower corrugated iron roof. Left gable
return (south-west): square framing as before, restored with
posts interrupting straight tie beam, roof truss with
weatherboarding over collar. C20 tiled hipped-roofed bay
window at ground floor, and 2-light attic casement. North-west
rear side: 2-bay C17 range square-framed as for front with 2
tension braces per bay. 3 casements, one dormer with 2-light
casement per bay. Earlier range is underbuilt in brick, with
single 2-light casement, and single panel high timber framing
above.
INTERIOR: 3 full cruck trusses survive in the earlier range,
the end truss now truncated at tie-beam level. Single purlin
roof in later range.

Listing NGR: SO5422177564

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26663550

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