Pinfold Cottage Sycamore Cottage

RUYTON-XI-TOWNS WYKEY SJ 32 SE Sycamore Cottage and 8/156 Pinfold Cottage - II

Farmhouse, now 2 cottages. Probably late C16, extended mid to late C17 with later additions and alterations. Timber framed with painted brick infill; machine tile roof replacing thatch. Original 2-cell single-storey cottage given first floor and byre added to right in C17. Present stack also added at same time at junction between house-part and byre, converting plan to 3-unit baffle-entry type. Later converted to 2 cottages. 2 storeys. Framing: square panels, 2 from cill to original wall-plate to C16 part with one smaller panel above to raising of eaves. 4 square panels to former byre. C16 part has long straight tension braces to front and left gable end with short straight braces to raised tie beam; short straight tension braces also to right gable end of former byre. Collar and tie beam end trusses with V-struts from collar and projecting single-purlin ends. C20 casements throughout, one to each side of central boarded door under lean-to hood to C16 part with C20 gabled eaves dormers directly above. C20 door under lean-to hood to former byre has casement and gabled eaves dormer to right. C20 purple brick ridge stack immediately to left has infilled doorway directly below. C19 coursed and dressed sandstone block lean-to to right gable end. Interior: not inspected but said to have chamfered ceiling beams to ground floor and timber frame substantially intact, including to original back wall. Late C20 two-storey gabled addition at right- angles to rear on right with painted brick lean-to in angle is not of special architectural interest. Information from owner, November 1986.

Listing NGR: SJ3909724957