Description

CRANBROOK BIDDENDEN ROAD TQ 83 NW (NORTH SIDE) Sissinghurst 4/29 The South Cottage 20.6.67

GV II*

Small fragment of the main block of the c1570 house, now cottage. Circa 1570, much restored, altered and extended. c1930-40 red, with some blue brick. Plain tiled roof, hipped to right with projecting breast and very tall stack, and partly hipped to left with very large framed half-hip over. Tall stack to rear. Two storeys; 2-window front, slightly irregular with large wooden diamond lattice casements in segment-headed surrounds. The lintel of a transom and mullion window with drip-mould area remains on the west face and on the first floor of the east front survives a blocked doorway with possible blocked doorway below, that above with surround moulded on the inside. Two storey brick and tile-hung extension of c1930-40 to north.

Listing NGR: TQ8084238283

External Links

• Wikidata Q17547271

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas