Beam Cottage

ELLESMERE RURAL C.P. COLEMERE SJ 43 SW 9/104 Beam Cottage - GV II Cottage. Late C17 with later additions and alterations. Timber framed with painted brick infill; straw thatch roof, half-hipped to left, re- built after fire c.1985. Basic L-plan comprising original 2-bay cottage extended to left in early C18 with shorter range to rear on right. One storey and attic. Framing: mixture of square and rectangular panels, 2 from cill to wall-plate with long straight braces to original part; 3 square and rectangular panels to early C18 addition. Collar and tie beam end trusses. Four C20 latticed casements to ground floor and 3 to raking eaves dormers. Entrance through C20 plank door in single-storey hip-roofed timber framed addition attached to right gable end. C20 red brick ridge stack to left of centre, probably in position of former end stack. Formerly known as Canary Cottage.

Listing NGR: SJ4326132548