The Mound And Kendal Cottage

SP29SW 5/100

NETHER WHITACRE HOGGRILL'S END The Mound and Kendal Cottage

GV II

House, now divided into 2 dwellings. Late C16 with C17 rear wing. Timber framed with plastered infill panels and some brick replacement; sandstone plinth; plain-tile roof; brick central stack. 2-cell range aligned north-south facing west with rear wing on an east-west alignment and a later cross-wing at the south end. One storey and attic. Close studding with middle rail and straight braces. 3 C20 ground floor windows of unequal size, 2 blocked windows immediately below the eaves, and a C20 gabled dormer to the right. C20 stable type door to the right, beneath a bracketed flat hood. The left hand gable end retains close studded wall framing and double collar roof truss with king strut and herringbone pattern bracing, carrying one pair of trenched purlins. The rear wing (Kendal Cottage) has 2 tiers of large panels with painted brick infill; plain-tile roof; brick external end stack. One storey and attic. 2 flat roofed dormers. Interior: the main house (The Mound) has cross beams with wide stopped chamfers. Large open fireplace in the southern room of sandstone and brick with timber bressumer; timber-framed smoke hood above. Exposed central roof truss with raking queen struts and a central vertical strut between tie beam and collar. The tie beam is arched over a doorway which is the only means of communication between the two attic rooms.

Listing NGR: SP2257991853