Description

WINKFIELD

SU97SW FOREST ROAD
674-1/13/236 (North side)
07/12/66 The Keeper's Cottage

II

Hall house, now house. Early C16, altered C17 and C20.
MATERIALS: timber frame with red brick infill, some painted
render infill at rear. Old tile gabled roof, half-hipped on
right.
PLAN: rectangular plan of 3 framed bays, centre containing
former hall, and crosswing on set of 2 framed bays. Single bay
stair turret at rear.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Large, offset chimney at left end, ridge
chimney of 3 coupled shafts to right of centre, both of narrow
bricks. Early C20 metal casement windows with diamond leaded
lights, some may be older. Entrance front, south, irregular.
Single bay gable projecting on left, with 4-light windows. Two
3-light windows on right on each floor with plain wooden door
and flat hood between 2 ground floor windows.
INTERIOR: much timber frame exposed. Jowled principal posts.
Queen posts and redundant crown post roof trusses, with some
sooted rafters over former hall. Ground floor joists chamfered
with shield stop, one principal joist has roll moulding. C17
newel stair in stair turret. Inglenook chimney.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669846

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)