Description

STEEPLE ASHTON DARK LANE NORTH ST 9056 (north side) 13/227 No 11 (Cruck Cottage) GV II

Detached cottage. C15, altered late C16, reroofed 1970s. Square- panelled timber-framing on full cruck trusses, rendered infill, Welsh slate roof, brick stack to east gable end. Gable end to road. Two bays. Single-storey and attic, 3-window. Planked door to centre of south side, 2-light casement to left and two to right. Two C20 attic dormers. Single-storey extension attached to right return. Left return blind. Rear has single-light casement to right, blocked 2-light wood mullioned window to centre, C20 attic dormers. Interior has timber fireplace at east end with chamfered jambs and chamfered cambered lintel, probably inserted together with deep chamfered beams with stepped stops to first floor, supported on short jowled posts. Timber-framed cross frame in middle of cottage. Much of original roof timbers destroyed in 1970s fire, so evidence for open roof with smoke-blackening now missing.

Listing NGR: ST9084556908

External Links

• Wikidata Q26544360

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