Redwith Cottages

SJ 22 SE OSWESTRY RURAL C.P. REDWITH

9/205 Nos. 1 and 2, - Redwith Cottages

• II

House. C14 or C15, re-modelled C19 and extensively altered late C20. Rendered brick concealing and partly replacing cruck-framed structure, slate roof and integral end stacks. Original plan probably a 2-bay open hall with service bay at left-hand end; later floored over and right-hand bay of hall demolished, service bay latterly used as cowhouse and hayloft. 2 storeys; late C20 neo-Georgian windows to left and right of contemporary central door and gabled half-dormers above. Interior: raising of eaves in C19 has preserved 2 true cruck trusses (exposed in No. 2) with collars and Alcock apex-type B (right-hand also arch- braced); dividing wall between Nos. 1 and 2 has close studding and 2 infilled doorways marking position of former screens passage; timber frame (square panels) also partly preserved to former back wall; main ground-floor room to No. 2 has chamfered cross-beam ceiling displaying heavy joists with ogee stops. Alcock (1981) p. 144.

Listing NGR: SJ2988124561