History

Partly late medieval, rebuilt C18/early C19, later alterations include the demolition of L-plan wing (containing reading-room) in the early 1970s.

Exterior

Simple 2-storey rendered walls with whitewashed rubble to rear, wallheads raised, timber wallplates, slate roof (lower to rear) with bargeboards, 2 rubble stacks (one with weathercourse extended to right, the other originally in mid roof).
2 windows offset to right, modern frames, 2 doors under cambered heads, assorted openings to rear. Later, one storey extension to right.

Interior

The interior retains half of a late medieval open-hall with one cruck-truss remaining against a later chimney. This open-cruck has cusped queen-struts in the apex although the top of the collar remains plain. Below the collar. the plain chamfer from the arch brace is carried on to the cruck blade.

A second truss, a partition-cruck, is square-framed with a single doorway on the E originally (the E stud has been moved away from the blade). The crucks carried 2 purlins each side, original lengths of these showing lap-joints on the back for wind braces. A large single nook has recently been uncovered downstairs left under a massive timber lintol.

Reasons for Listing

Group value.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29487783

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings