Description

MINSTERWORTH CHURCH LANE SO 71 NE (north side) 5/87 Tithe Cottage GV II House. Probably late C16, enlarged C17, altered and enlarged C19. Rendered walls, timber-framing with rendered infill, both on stone plinth, double Roman tiles; random-rubble stone wing on left end, pantile front, multiple-roll Bridgewater tiles rear. Four-bay, 2 1/2- storey main part, one room deep, additions to rear, including single-storey one-bay wing at right-angles by road: 3-bay, single storey wing on left gable. House gable to road, entrance left side. Framing largely replaced by rendered wall ground floor: late C20 twelve-pane window in framing, sash window to left, 2- panel front door, semi-circular heads to panels, under open, gabled porch, heavy square posts front, openwork timber sides and gable. Three 2-light casements to left, with external brick chimney between first 2. Left end single-storey cider house, boarded door, shuttered window, half-hip to roof. First floor, rendered end to gable on right, square, 2-panel high framing, brace to wallplate, 3-light casement in oriel, shaped brackets below, eaves raised slightly above. To left framing changes to close-studded, single- panel high framing; two 2-light casements, chimney, 3 similar windows, first in square panel framing, remainder rendered wall replacing timber framing. Chimney on right gable; 2-light casement in gabled dormer to left of lateral chimney. Rear wall timber-framed. Interior: wall to right of entrance timber framed, beam at high level reset, with cambered heads of 3 doors from cross-passage (too high for original position). Heavy chamfer to floor beams over room on right, bar stops; wide brick gable fireplace, ovolo moulding to timber lintel. Three-plank door with original hinges. Heavy chamfer to ceiling beams over hall and room above; decorative stop to chamfer ceiling beam in first floor room on right. Tie-beam trusses, struts, one-pair purlins in weakest plane, heavy ridge member. End wing, paving for cider mill in floor, angle-strut trusses, one pair purlins, square ridge. Appears to have been3 bay house enlarged one bay towards road Cl7 by removing original gable on ground floor. Single-storey wing along road said to have been butcher's shop. Forms group with church (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SO7740817053

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