Description

TL 4322 & LITTLE HADHAM THE FORD TL 4321 (east side ) Hadham Ford

7/20 & 9/20 Thatched Cottage

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GV II

House. C16 and later. Picturesque, long, one and a half storeys, of 2 timberframed thatched parts joined by a later brick and tile central part, older parts were separate houses. These have flint sill walls, plastered fronts with panelled pargetting and weatherboarded aprons. Steep thatched roofs overhanging at the gables, and each with 2 gabled thatched dormers on the wall plate. Similar dormers to rear. Large front gable in white- painted brick and tiled central part. 6 windows and central door. Plank door and similar door to passage next to S corner. Renewed 3-light timber mullioned windows with leaded lattices. 2-light dormer windows, 4-light in central gable. Lean-to tiled canopy on shaped brackets to door. Central red brick chimney on right of door, and central chimney one-third from N end of N part. This part has the 3-unit plan of a former hall house, sooted roof in the central bay, side purlin roof with curved wind braces, heavy curved corner braces and tension bracing exposed in N wall, axial joists and framing for stair in S bay, inserted floor on axial beam and large central chimney with back-to-back fireplaces and oven to rear. The S part is of 2 large bays, formerly partitioned, and may have extended to S. Side purlin roof has wind bracing, long curved arch braces, an edge-halved scarf with bridled-butts in front wall plate, S end cross passage partitioned from the Ground floor, exposed stop chamfered joists and beams of the inserted floor, and a former N gable chimney. When the short brick-built link was built, a fireplace and chimney were built backing onto this stack.

Listing NGR: TL4361121995

External Links

• Wikidata Q26505460

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Recommended Books

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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas