The Cottage and Red Roof Farm is a Grade II* listed building in the Rugby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1987. A Medieval House.
The Cottage and Red Roof Farm
- WRENN ID
- low-oriel-hawthorn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Rugby
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1987
- Type
- House
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage and Red Roof Farm consists of two houses that may have originally been one structure. Dating from the 15th century, the buildings have undergone alterations in the 17th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The construction features timber framing with studding and small panels filled with lath and plaster. The front and ground floor right return side of the left wing have been rebuilt in scored rendered coursed ironstone, while the left return side and front of the main range are largely rebuilt in whitewashed brick. The right return side is clad in corrugated iron, and the roof is also made of corrugated iron with brick ridge stacks. The layout is T-shaped with a cross wing on the left, and the former hall-house is two storeys tall with a four-window range.
The main range includes a central section with large posts and some studding on the first floor, along with a corner post on the right. There is a 19th-century plank door on the right, set under a brick segmental arch. The ground floor features two two-light 19th-century casement windows, while the first floor has a 19th-century fixed light window and a small single light. There is also a two-light casement on the right, with glazing bars throughout. The cross wing has a 20th-century cross window and a leaded two-light casement above, and the gable displays small panelling. The irregular left return side includes a 20th-century half-glazed porch on the right, and the rear reveals exposed framing.
Inside, the former hall range, floored in the 17th century, consists of three bays and features an open truss with arch braces extending from the wall posts, linked by spurs to the wall plate and meeting a heavy cranked collar with a central pendant boss. Other trusses include tie beams and arch-braced collars, with curved windbraces. The base framing of the louvre remains visible, and the timbers are heavily smoke-blackened. The wall plate is adorned with an applied moulded and embattled cornice, while the cross wing contains a closed queen-strut truss.
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