16 And 18, Church End

GAMLINGAY CHURCH END TL 2452 (South east side) 12/40 Nos 16, 18 22.11.67

GV II

House, now two dwellings. Late C16-early C17. Timber framed, plaster and roughcast rendered on rubblestone plinth. Plain tiled roof. Late C17-early C18 red brick ridge stack with recessed panel to north west side. Earlier projecting stack to crosswing of sandstone rubble with dressed clunch quoins. Hall and crosswing plan. Two storeys. Two first floor windows including one with horizontal sliding sash. Three ground floor windows are modern. Doorway to no 16 remains but original baffle entry doorway now blocked. Crosswing is of two storeys and jettied at first floor. The jetty beam and joists are concealed by applied timber. One window at ground and first floors. There is a gabled stair turret at the rear. The bressumer over the hearth is of clunch and has an ogee and an ovolo moulding. There is a stop chamfered main beam and jowled heads to the posts, arched wall braces and braced tie beams. No 16 has jewel stopped and chamfered main beam and blocked inglenook hearth.

RCHM: West Cambs mon (9)

Listing NGR: TL2426752425