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WITHAM NEWLAND STREET TL 8114 2/171 The Crotchet public house GV II

House and forge now public house. Mid C15 altered in C19 and C20. Timber framed and plastered with rendered brick front. Adjoining single storey range in red Flemish bond brickwork. Two-storey ranges roofed in red handmade plain clay tiles. Slate to single storey ranges. Two bay crosswing aligned SE-NW with hipped and gabletted roof to NW. Hall range two bay aligned NE-SW. Front of hall and crosswing truncated by C19 brick parapetted front. C20 single storey flat roofed extension to rear and circa C17/18 gabled rear wing. Single storey ranges to SW form an L shape. The front range of which previously functioned as a forge to SW 2-storey frontage range ground floor windows, 3 C20 metal picture windows with top hung vents. First floor four range C20 metal casement windows of 16 panes. Single storey frontage range. 4 C20 metal casement windows of 20 panes with top hung vents. NE elevation C19 sash 2:2 with moulded architrave surround C19 flush meeting style casement window with horizontal glazing bar. 2 C19 red brick stack with string course detailing to rear wing. Rendered stack to centre of crosswing. Substantial oak frame with jowled storey posts. Evidence of external bracing. Empty mortices and wattle groove to underside of crosswing bridging joists shows position of former partition. Floor joists are flat section, housed into bridging joist with central tenons. A trimmed stair trap, now filled, adjoins the rear wall. Bridging joist is chamfered with a stepped run out stop. Most of the frame is covered at first floor and the roof space plastered to underside of flat section oak rafters and collars. Chamfered transverse and axial bridging joists are visible at ground floor in the 1½ storey hall range. Floor joists are covered.

Crotchet P H formerly the tap rooms of the Blue Posts Inn. The forge was used by the same coaching inn complex.

Listing NGR: TL8191914272

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)