The Whitehouse

SO 86 NW OMBERSLEY CP COMHAMPTON

1/92 The Whitehouse

29.12.52 - II

House, now two cottages. C15, extended and altered Cl7 and again mid-C19. Timber-framed, brick infill, brick replacement walling and refacing, plain tiled roofs, paired brick stacks to front main ridge and two external sandstone chimneys with detached brick shafts to right side elevation. Former cruck hall house from which three framed bays and three pairs of full crucks survive, single framed bay added to rear right during Cl7 and chimney inserted in central bay; single storey, attic with dormers and cellar. Framing: three panels from sill to wall-plate, some long straight braces in lower corners and short straight braces in upper corners of rear wing; collar-and-tie-beam truss with queen struts at left gable end and gable end of wing, otherwise cruck-framed. Front elevation: ground floor has three 2-light casements with cambered heads, two gabled dormers, one with a 2-light casement and one is blocked, entrance at right end bay, part-glazed door with cambered head. Attic light in left gable end and also entrance into second cottage. Lean-to extension at right gable end enclosing external chimneys. Uninhabited and in dilapidated condition at time of survey (September 1984).

Listing NGR: SO8399566925