Description

WOKINGHAM ROSE STREET SU 8168 NW (South east side) 18/69 No.37 (formerly listed as 12.11.51 Nos. 33, 35, 37, 39) G.V. II* Wealden hall house and byre, now house. Mid C15, refurbished 1958. Timber framed with brick infill, and part brick; old tile roof. L-plan; 3 framed bays with former hall in centre, jettied on road front. Former byre of 2 framed bays adjoining at rear. 2 storeys. Large tall raked chimney at rear. Road front:-exposed timber framing on first floor, large curved brackets supporting jetty beam from ground floor posts. Centre part of former recessed hall underbuilt in brick; moulded bressumer beam on left and right of this section continuing on adjoining No.35 (listed separately 18/70 ). Part close studded on left. C20 leaded casements, those on first floor 3, 4 and 5-light, all behind diamond mullions. Small leaded oriel on ground floor to right of planked entrance door with small glazed section in centre, approached by 2 steps. Interior:- fine quality frame exposed. Heavy plain joists and principal beams with chamfers and stepped stops. Light joists inserted floor over former hall and moulded bressumer beam returned on west side. Shutter grooves to windows on north front on ground and first floors. Complete frame exposed on first floor with former louvred smoke outlet, now roofed over, in apex in east of hall bay. Exposed redundant crown post roof with clasped purlins, large curved knee and wind braces and reducing principal rafters. Broad rafters with holes in feet, facing west.

Listing NGR: SU8138468740

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)