Number 1 (The Old House), 2, 3 And 4

SO 3049 - 3149; 7/66

EARDISLEY CP, CHURCH ROAD (east side), No. 1 (The Old House), 2, 3 and 4

(Formerly listed as Nos 3 and 4)

19.08.53

GV

II

Row of four houses. C17, altered mid-C19 and late C20. Timber-framed with rendered infill on rubble base, partly refaced in rubble and roughcast; stone- tiled roof laid in diminishing curses, rubble stack to front of ridge with pair of rendered diagonal shafts and also large brick stack to front of ridge at north end. T-plan; main range of three framed bays aligned north/south with large chimney between south and central bays. Cross-wing of three framed bays adjoins south end and has external rubble chimney with rebuilt brick stack on its south side. Mainly single storey and attic with dormers. Framing: exposed on main range. Three panels from sill to wall-plate, short solid braces in some upper corners, no trusses visible. West front elevation: No 1 occupies cross- wing. Gable end has a C20 ground floor 4-light casement and a C20 first floor 3- light casement. There are plank weatherings at girding-beam, tie-beam and collar level. A C20 single-storey porch wing adjoins to south-west with a 2-light case- ment at its gable end and a half-glazed door in the angle. Nos 2, 3 and 4 occupy main range. No 2 has a ground floor 3-light casement and an original gabled dormer with a tie-beam truss and cusped struts and a 3-light casement; both windows have plank weatherings. There is a lean-to half-glazed C20 porch and half-glazed door. No 3 has a 2-light ground floor casement and an original gabled half-dormer (similar truss to No 4) with a 2-light casement; both windows have plank weatherings. There is a C20 partly glazed door with a lean-to canopy on straight brackets. No 4 has a 2-light ground floor casement with a plank weathering, a C19 gabled dormer with a 2-light casement and a lean-to timber porch with side lights and a glazed C20 door. (RCHM, III, p 54, item 23).

Listing NGR: SO3120849354