Vine Cottage

BUILDWAS C.P. LEIGHTON ROAD SJ 60 SW (north side) 5/17 Vine Cottage II Cottage. Probably mid-C17, extended late C17 with later additions and alterations. Timber framed with painted brick infill, slate roofs. 2-cell plan with slightly later lower gabled addition to left. One storey and attic; framing: square panels, 3 from cill to wall-plate, short straight tension braces, right-hand gable end re-built in red brick; irregular fenestration, mid-C20 metal casements, 3 on ground floor of main section with roughly central French window, 2 similar casements to gabled addition; contemporary flat-roofed dormers in roof slope, 2 to main section and one to gabled addition; entrance through C20 lean-to addition to rear, but formerly to left of main section (C20 casement now inserted in its place); integral end stack to right with red brick shaft. Interior: timber frame substantially intact with chamfered spine beam and heavy joists to main ground-floor room, wide inglenook fireplace. Late C19 and C20 extensions to rear and right not of special architectural interest.

Listing NGR: SJ6320204897