The White House

SJ 3810-3910 WESTBURY C.P. YOCKLETON

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Shown on O.S. map as Ye Olde House. Cottage. Mid-to late C17 with mid-to late C19 and late C20 alterations and additions. Timber framed of cruck construction with painted brick and rendered panels, partly rebuilt and extended in painted brick; slate roofs. L-plan; 2 framed bays with gabled cross-wing of one framed-bay to left (formerly 2-bays but shortened due to road widening; C20 additions at rear). One storey and attic. Framing: square panels (formerly 3 from sole-plate to wall plate), eaves raised in C19. Brick stack behind ridge off-centre to right and integral lateral brick stack to cross-wing; central gabled eaves dormer with 2-light diamond-leaded casement; two C20 dormers at rear. Gable to left with 2-light diamond-leaded attic casement; 4 windows to ground floor; one-, 2- and 3-light diamond-leaded C19 and C20 wooden casements; entrance at rear. Cross-wing has exposed collar and tie-beam truss with queen struts, and right-hand gable end has exposed tie-beam truss with raking struts. Interior: full cruck truss at junction of 'hall' range and cross-wing with apex missing, collar divided, and tie-beam; chamfered ceiling beams, large open fireplace with chamfered lintel; early C18 attic door with 2 raised and fielded panels and L-hinges. V.C.H. Vol. VIII, p. 304, C. Ryan, The evolution of the peasant house in Shropshire. Medieval-c.1850. The Parish of Westbury, Unpublished thesis (October 1979); Manchester University, p. 122.

Listing NGR: SJ3996610132