Penkridge Hall Cottage

SO 49 NE LEEBOTWOOD C.P. -

4/53 Penkridge Hall - Cottage

GV II

Cottage. Early to mid-C17 with C18 and late C19 alterations and additions. Timber framed with plastered infill panels, partly rebuilt in uncoursed grey sandstone rubble and red brick; plain tile roof. 2 framed bays. Framing: square panels (3 from sole plate to wall plate) with long straight tension braces. One storey and gable-lit attic. Integral brick end stack to left. 2-window front; C20 small-paned wooden casements, 3-light to left and 2-light to right. Roughly central C20 stable- type door with side-light to left. Exposed collar and tie-beam truss with queen struts and v-struts in left-hand gable end. Probably C19 one-storey uncoursed sandstone rubble addition to left with French casements in gable end. Interior: open fireplace with chamfered stone reveals and chamfered wooden lintel. Square-panelled timber framed cross walls; central collar and tie-beam truss with queen struts and v-struts; staggered purlins. It has been suggested that this cottage might formerly have been an external kitchen block to Penkridge -Hall (q.v.) close by.

Listing NGR: SO4898797648