1 And 2 Oak Cottages

SJ 4013-4113 13/71 26.11.76

FORD C.P. NEW STREET (West side) Nos. 1 and 2, Oak Cottages (Formerly listed as 1-2 Oak Cottages)

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House, now divided and disused. Probably C15 with C16 addition. Timber framed of cruck construction with lath and plaster and red brick infill; plain tile roof. Former open hall of one large and one small framed bay aligned approximately north-west/south-east with projecting C16 gabled cross-wing of 2 framed bays to west. Framing: cross-wing with square panels (3 from sole-plate to wall- plate) and close studding. One storey and attic with 2-storey cross-wing. South-west front: central timber-framed gabled eaves dormer to hall range with pair of 2-light wooden casements; large brick stack with recessed panel off-centre to left at junction with cross-wing, and C18 or C19 external brick end stack to front of cross-wing. Hall range with central 2-light wooden casement, boarded door off-centre to right, and doorway to right minus door. Cross-wing to left has parallel diagonal strutting in the gable end to front and king-post truss with V-struts in gable at rear; south-west front with 2-light wooden casement off-centre to left boarded door off-centre to right and probably C18 or C19 large raking red sandstone rubble buttress to left; rear of hall range has blocked triangular-headed doorway to left and cruck truss with scotch to its left. Interior: 2 full cruck trusses; right-hand end truss with cambered collar and V-struts and former hall truss, with arch-braced collar and continuous chamfer; chamfered wind braces; central truss to cross-wing with tie beam cut through; central ground-floor room has c.1600 ceiling with ogee-stopped chamfered intersecting beams and joists, and inserted large open fireplace of c.1600 with chamfered lintel and early C19 surround with bracketed mantelpiece; small bay to right; chamfered beams with ogee and run-out stops. Cross-wing has stud partitions, round-arched fireplace in ground- floor front room and blocked segmental-headed doorway in rear room. The right-hand range was formerly an open hall of 2 framed bays and the stack and first floor were inserted probably in the late C16 or early C17. V.C.H. Vol. VIII, p. 226; Alcock, p. 143.

Listing NGR: SJ4146213796