Walnut Tree Cottage

SO 73 NE 4/43

CASTLEMORTON CP B 4208 Walnut Tree Cottage

GV II

House. Late C16 with later alterations. Restored 1980s. Timber-framing and brick with tile roof. T-plan. One storey with attic, with two-storey cross-wing at left. Cross-wing framed in four rows of square panels, with two struts between tie-beam and collar and V-struts above. One C20 window on each floor. The range to the right is of brick, rebuilt in the C20. It has a window with a door to its left, both with segmental heads. The attic is lit by a dormer. Chimney on rear wall of main range. The truss in the rear wall of the cross-wing is dated "1676", said to be a re-painting of an existing date. Interior: main range has chamfered main beams and a re-built inglenook. The cross-wing is entered by two adjacent doorways with canted heads. There is a similar doorway in the wall which divides the two ground floor rooms of the wing: The internal truss of the cross-wing has two struts between tie-beam and collar.

Listing NGR: SO7857937652