Description

HARBERTON SX7856-SX7956 OLD ROAD, (WEST SIDE) 15/442 HARBERTONFORD May Cottage and The Cottage

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Pair of cottages. Probably C17 or early C18 with later C18 or C19 extension. Rendered, left side of front wing is slate hung on first floor. Steeply pitched asbestos tile roof with gable ends abutting adjoining houses and half-hipped end to front wing. Central axial stack with short rendered shaft heightened in brick with slate cowels and truncated stack on left side of front wing. Plan: Pair of cottages, possibly originally one house. May Cottage on the left is of 2 room plan with a central entrance, the right hand room heated from an axial stack on the right. The Cottage on the right is of one room plan in the main range probably also heated from the axial stack and with a 1 room plan wing at the front with a lateral stack on its left side. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4-window front. Various C19 2-light casements with glazing bars, the ground floor right hand window of May Cottage is an horizontally sliding sash with glazing bars and the ground floor right hand window of The Cottage has a 2 storey wing with a truncated stack on the left side, a large late C19 or C20 sash on the front wall and a C20 door the right hand side. Interior: Only the roof structure is described. Straight principals with halved lapped and pegged collars and trenched purlins. One truss over The Cottage has small additional collar below the apex.

Listing NGR: SX7844356286

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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