4 And 6, Boot Street

WHITTINGTON C.P. BOOT STREET (south-east side) SJ 3231-3331 11/119 Nos 4 and 6 GV II House, now divided into 2 cottages. C14 or C15 core remodelled C17 or early C18 with considerable late C20 alterations. Rendered brick incorporating one true cruck truss; slate roof. Original plan an open-hall house (number of bays not known), floored over in C17 and considerably altered late C20. 2 storeys with dentilled eaves cornice; 4 late C20 casements directly below eaves and 2 to ground floor, one to left and one to right. No. 4 (right part of building) has garage doors to left and roughly central entrance through C20 door. Massive stepped external end stack to right and ridge stack to left at junction with No. 6. Interior. Large true cruck truss has arch-braced collar beam and king-strut visible beneath plaster in left first-floor room of No. 4 with part of feet visible in cupboard on ground floor. Another cruck truss, to right of surviving cruck, is said to have been removed during alterations to the building c.1960.

Listing NGR: SJ3266131259