Spring Cottage

ASHFORD BOWDLER

SO5170 No.5 482-1/14/15 Spring Cottage 15/03/74 (Formerly Listed as: Nos.4, 5 AND 6)

GV II

2 houses now one house incorporating No.4. c1583 with C17 extension. Timber-frame with painted brick infill on stone rubble plinth with thatched roof. Stone stepped gable-end stack with brick upper shaft, stepped brick chimney to rear. 3-unit framed range with framed extension bay to rear (north). EXTERIOR: single storey and attic. Front to garden (south) has 3 bays with 2-light casement in west bay, 4-light casement in central bay, C20 casements to right bay. 2 attic windows of 4-light casements under eyebrow eaves in thatch in central and right bays. C20 door to left bay. Gable-end return to right: end truss of straight tie beam with collar and twin vertical struts. Square framing below with straight braces, girding-beam, posts with middle rail, studs and sill-plate. C19 2-light casement to right. Rear extension bay of square framing 3 panels high on high plinth. Rear: square-framed part masked by brick chimney, 2 C20 doors, and 2-light casement to right. Flat-roofed dormer projecting through thatch. Rear extension bay to left. Rear extension gable end shows truss with cambered tie beam with altered apex now incorporating 2-light casement. Rectangular panelled framing at girding-beam level with brick underbuilding below at gable end and on return wall to right. INTERIOR: single trenched purlin roof. End truss (west) of twin struts and collar. Chamfered bridging beams with ogee chamfers to east bay and plain bridging beams to central bay.

Listing NGR: SO5183170650