The Little Cob House

SO 75 NE 3/132

WICHENFORD CP BROADWAS The Little Cob House

II

House. C17, with early C19 alterations and additions. Part timber-framed, painted brick infill and brick replacement walling and refacing, part brick, tiled roof. External brick stacks at gable ends with tiled offsets and over- sailing cap courses. Three framed bays plus one brick bay; 2 storeys and cellar; roof raised to front elevation of older part. Framing visible at rear: 2 irregularly sized panels from sill to wall-plate, short straight braces in upper corners, part of queen strut truss exposed at east gable end. Front elevation: C17 part has a ground floor multi-paned metal casement and a C20 casement; and 3 first floor multi-paned metal casements; all metal windows have cambered heads and all windows have plank weatherings; gabled, timber-framed porch in central bay and planked door. C19 part to left has a ground floor casement and flat-roofed C20 dormer. Interior not inspected. At left side elevation is a mid-C19 hipped, single storey addition with casement in front elevation; at right side elevation is an outshut with cambered head planked door in front elevation. The building is said to have an unusually large cellar and was possibly once a public house.

Listing NGR: SO7728157857