Number 8 (Old Cottage) And Number 10

SJ 5441 8/69 1.5.51

WHITCHURCH URBAN C.P. DODINGTON (north-east side) Nos. 8 (Old Cottage) and 10

GV II

House or part of house, now divided. C15 or C16, altered in the early C19 and mid-C20. Timber framed, of cruck construction, with painted brick nogging, cement-rendered to front in imitation of framing. Slate roof. Baffle entry plan of 2 or 3 framed bays, probably formerly part of hall house. 2 storeys. Roughly central brick ridge stack. 3-window front; C20 small-paned 2-light wooden casements. Boarded doors between first and second and second and third windows from right, that to left with gabled porch and small window to side. Right-hand gable end: exposed framing, including collar and tie-beam truss with queen struts and V-struts. C20 additions at rear. Interior partly inspected. Full cruck truss in left- hand end wall with collar and low tie-beam. Left-hand ground-floor room with large joists and open fireplace with chamfered wooden lintel.

Listing NGR: SJ5426641343