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Latitude: 51.0278 / 51°1'40"N
Longitude: -1.9054 / 1°54'19"W
OS Eastings: 406732
OS Northings: 125385
OS Grid: SU067253
Mapcode National: GBR 40B.K2R
Mapcode Global: FRA 66WD.KJ4
Plus Code: 9C3W23HV+4V
Entry Name: Old Rafters
Listing Date: 17 December 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1146157
English Heritage Legacy ID: 320635
ID on this website: 101146157
Location: Croucheston, Wiltshire, SP5
County: Wiltshire
Civil Parish: Bishopstone
Built-Up Area: Croucheston
Traditional County: Wiltshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire
Church of England Parish: Bishopstone and Stratford Tony St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Tagged with: Architectural structure Thatched cottage
SU 02 NE BISHOPSTONE CROUCHESTON (south side)
5/49 Old Rafters
GV II
Detached cottage. Late C16, altered C17 and C18. Square-panelled timber-framing with brick nogging, dressed limestone and brick to south front, thatched roof with brick stacks. L-plan. Single- storey and attic, 1-window south front. Glazed C20 door and planked stable door in thatched porch on posts with segmental- headed C20 casement to right and two c20 casements to left, one eyebrow dormer with 2-light casements. Left return has half-glazed door in thatched porch with 2-light and single-light casements to left, two eyebrow dormers with 2-light casements. Right return is windowless; evidence of raised eaves in brickwork. Rear has blocked doorway and 3-light wooden mullioned casement to main range, wing projecting to right has segmental-headed 2-light casement and eyebrow dormer to east side, north gable in banded chalk and brick; raised roofline. Interior has deeply-chamfered beams with stepped stops, open fireplace with cambered chamfered lintel on chamfered stone jambs and spice cupboard in room to right of entrance, timber-framed partitions to ground floor, planked doors. Roughly-cut rafters exposed in attics. Possibly originally a cottage with ground floor open to roof, first floor inserted when eaves raised in C17 or C18.
Listing NGR: SU0673225385
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