Little Nash, Nash, Near Presteigne, Herefordshire is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 2012. House.
Little Nash, Nash, Near Presteigne, Herefordshire
- WRENN ID
- second-marble-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 April 2012
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house dating from the 15th century or earlier, with additions from the 18th century, late 20th century, and 21st century. The building is timber framed with brick and rendered infill, alongside areas of rubble stone walling. The roof is slate covered.
The house is single-storied with an attic. A central range runs southwest to northeast, with gabled cross wings at each end. The central range features two sets of full cruck blades forming trusses at its southwest end. A cross passage, potentially original, is located immediately northeast of this, suggesting a former screens passage. Soot-blackened timbers, including arched wind braces, above demonstrate the likelihood of an open hall, into which a floor and axial stack were inserted during the 17th or 18th century. The 18th-century cross wing to the northeast incorporates earlier materials, while the southwest cross wing is a 21st-century addition with a lower ridge, including a large two-story living room and staircase.
The southeast front features rubble walling at ground level and timber framing with brick and rendered infill to the gables. Windows are two and three-light metal casements, and the roof has two two-light gabled dormer windows with casements. The northwest front shows the 21st-century addition projecting, with an oriel window on the ground floor and a jettied gable above, incorporating planted timbers. The central bays have small-framed walling at ground floor level, with a projecting bay to the left featuring a catslide roof. Dormer windows are gabled, and ground floor windows are metal-framed casements with cast-iron lattice glazing. A lean-to, likely from the 18th or 19th century, is attached to the northeast end.
Inside, the inserted floor has a central heavy spinal beam and square-edged joists. The first floor shows that the cruck blades rise to connect with cambered collar beams; one has cracked and been reinforced with an upper collar and metal clamps. Curved wind braces are overlaid by three ranks of purlins. While there's soot blackening on most roof elements, the placement of purlins may have been altered; the arched braces and trusses are likely the only truly in situ soot-blackened parts. The northeast cross wing contains heavy roof timbers, seemingly planted, with staggered purlins, jowled posts, and metal ties.
An outhouse located approximately 10 meters northeast of the house incorporates adapted cruck blades similar to those within the house, suggesting a larger cruck building may have previously been on the site.
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