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SJ 42 NW; 12/39

BASCHURCH C.P., WESTONCOMMON, Cartref

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Cottage. Late C17 with eaves raised early C20 and later additions and alterations. Timber-framed with painted brick and rendered infill on rendered plinth; concrete tile roof. Original 2-cell plan with single- storey byre to right; eaves raised and present stack inserted early C20 and byre converted to domestic use. Two storeys. Framing: square panels, two from cill to original wall-plate with two smaller square panels to raising of eaves. Collar and tie-beam truss to left gable end with V-struts from collar. Byre mainly rendered and painted black and white in imitation of timber frame to front but original roof pitch visible to gable end: painted rubblestone with brick raising. Early C20 casements, three directly below eaves with one to left and two to right of contemporary plank door under lean-to hood. Painted brick stack directly behind ridge immediately to left of entrance. Interior. Left ground-floor room has chamfered spine beam and heavy joists. Cased spine beam to centre room which has long straight tension braces exposed to former right wall of house-part. There is said formerly to have been a stack to left gable end. C20 flat- roofed addition at right-angles to rear on right is not of special architectural interest.

Listing NGR: SJ4246325934