Applecote

MELDRETH HIGH STREET TL 3746 (West side) 22/222 No. 85 (Applecote) II

Cottage, mid-late C17 extended 1949. Timber framed, plaster rendered and long straw thatch, half-hipped roof with small c.1700 red brick ridge stack. Three bays including the narrower pantry or storage bay to the right hand. One storey and attic. One dormer. Three modern casements and doorway to a lobby entry. Rear wall has one early C19 horizontal sliding sash. Inside: Timber framing exposed particularly in left hand bay which is open to the roof. Frame of uniform and substantial scantling as the rafters of the purlin roof. Main posts have jowled heads. There is straight downward wall bracing. The hearth and ceiling in the centre room are later. The hearth is a comparatively small, red brick inglenook and the main beam of light scantling and unmoulded. Similar framing to No. 61 Station Road, Meldreth (q.v.).

Listing NGR: TL3753546351