Description

COUND C.P. UPPER COUND SJ 5504 13/114 Yew Tree Cottage - GV II House. Mid-C17 with C20 alterations and additions. Timber framed with painted brick nogging on sandstone rubble plinth, south-eastern gable end rebuilt in late C20 with concrete block infill; painted brick and rendered additions with planted timbers; plain tile roofs. L-plan; 2 framed bays with later additions. 2 storeys. Probably early C20 gable off-centre to left and brick ridge stack off-centre to right. Framing: square panels (4 from sole-plate to wall-plate) with short straight corner braces. Irregular fenestration, 4 windows to first floor and 3 to ground floor; late C20 two- and 3-light wooden case- ments, and small C19 first-floor casement to right; pair of C20 half- glazed doors between first and second window from right and C20 steel garage door in addition to left. Interior: chamfered beams and joists with ogee stops; chamfered and stopped posts; timber framed cross- wall; several chamfered ogee-headed door surrounds, one blocked. A cross-passage passes to the right of the stack. Chamfered ceiling beams suggest that the rear wing formerly extended further but it appears to have been largely rebuilt in the early C20.

Listing NGR: SJ5525304893

External Links

• Wikidata Q26472438

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  For the Record
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)