Description

DALLINGHOO POUND LANE TM 25 SE (North Side) 9/59 - Pound Corner House - II

House (at one time divided into 2 cottages). C17. Timber framed with colourwashed render and a plaintiled roof, probably originally thatched. Two storeys with attic. Baffle-entry, 2-cell plan. Entrance front: mostly C19 or C20 fenestration. Plank door to the ground floor at near-centre and at left of this is a single-light casement. To right and left are C19 three-light casements. The first floor has, at right, a 2-light and two single-light casements, all contained within one frame, and to the left a similar arrangement. To the centre is a 2-light window with ovolo-moulded surround. Near-central chimney stack to the ridge with moulded base of 2 flues. Right hand gable end: C20 fenestration. Four-light ground floor and 2-light first floor and 2-light attic casements. Left hand gable end: 5-light casement with ovolo-moulded mullions (mostly C20 replacements) together with a single-light, all contained within one frame and to the left a similar arrangement. To the centre is a 2-light window with ovolo- moulded surround. Near-central chimney stack to the ridge with moulded base of 2 flues. Right hand gable end: C20 fenestration. Four-light ground floor and 2-light first floor and 2-light attic casements. Left hand gable end: 5-light casement with ovolo-moulded mullions (mostly C20 replacements) with a single-light immediately to the right. The first floor had another 5-light ovolo-moulded mullioned window. Two-light casement to the attic with a slightly projecting gabled wing to left of this. Rear: C20 gable wings at centre and right with a flat-roofed 2- storey range between them. Recessed portion at left of this with C20 French windows and a 4-light window with ovolo-moulded mullions and surround to the first floor. Interior: sitting room: chamfered beams and joists all with stepped lamb's tongue end stops. Central hearth with floating bressumer beam. Close studded walls with one blocked window. Similar beams walling and a blocked window to other ground floor room. Winder staircase leading up from baffle-entry lobby. Close studded walling, jowled wall posts and blocked windows to the first floor.

Listing NGR: TM2686554325

External Links

• Wikidata Q26657868

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