Whitehaven

HODNET C.P. HODNET ROAD (South-east SJ 5829-5929 side) 11/71 Whitehaven

GV II

Cottage, latterly divided. Dated 1569 with C17 addition and late C19 alterations or additions. Timber framer with painted brick nogging on brick plinth. Left-hand gable end rebuilt in rendered brick. Slate roofs. Framing: closely-spaced uprightswith middle rail and tension braces; small square panels, 2 and 3 from sole plate to wall plate. T-plan. 3 framed bays at right angles to road with one- bay C17 addition at rear. One storey and attic. East front: brick ridge stack off-centre to left, external brick end stacks and external brick end stack to rear wing. Central gabled timber framed semi-dormer with 3-light wooden-framed leaded wooden casement. 3- window front; late C19 and early C20 two-and 3-light leaded wooden casements. Early C20 bay off-centre to left with 3-light wooden- framed leaded metal casement (in place of former doorway). Boarded door to right with date in frame above. Right-hand gable end has collar and tie-beam truss with queen struts. Interior: central ground-floor room with wide-chamfered beam and large open fireplace with wooden lintel. Small piece of old stained or painted glass in rear of left-hand ground- floor room depicting a head. Reset rail in former rear wall of main range dated 1569 (said by the owner to have come from above the former second doorway in the front wall). Blocked 2-light window.

Listing NGR: SJ5955629452