Description

ST 78 NE HORTON WOOD LANE

5/89 Wood Lane Cottage - II

Farmhouse. C15, altered late C16 and C20. Timber framed on a rubble plinth; thatched roof with overhanging eaves, half-hipped at west end; off-centre rendered stack. Open hall house; cross passage with hall and parlour to east and service room to west. Single storey and attic in 'eyebrow' dormer. 3 bays, C20 casement windows. C20 lean-to conservatory to the right; inside is a chamfered doorframe with a 2-centred head. Tension brace at east (left) end. Interior. Hall: stop chamfered beams and joists; internal jetty at parlour end and shoulder headed doorframe; jowelled post on north wall; fireplace with cambered and chamfered wooden lintel. Passage: stop chamfered beams and shoulder headed doorway. Roof: tie and collar beam trusses, all with windbraces. An extremely rare example of timber framing in this area of predominantly stone built houses. (Hall, L. The Rural Houses of North Avon and South Gloucestershire, 1983). .

Listing NGR: ST7505386294

External Links

• Wikidata Q26430069

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