Padcot

TL 4843 ICKLETON ABBEY STREET (North west side) 21/210 Nos. 48 and 50 (Padcot) (formerly listed as 22.11.67 cottage 15 yards W of Priory Farmhouse) GV II* Cottage, converted to two dwellings. c.1500 with early C17 and C19 alterations. Timber-framed and plastered; thatched roofs with plain tiled gabled dormer window and surrounding main roof. C19 gault brick ridge stack in angle C20 brick plinth. One storey and attic original two bayed aisled hall; two storeyed two bayed cross wing to left hand. Two entrances with plank doors, entrance to cross wing with cambered head. Cross wing with solid curved jetty brackets and exposed joists, remains of original window below oriel. Five windows of various sizes with glazing bars include large oriel window to hall range. One first floor three light casement window and one casement dormer window. Interior: Open hall with tie beam and arcade plates arch braced to posts of rough unchamfered timber; inserted C17 floor with ogee-stop-chamfers. Cross wing crown post roof with cambered tie beams originally braced to jowelled posts; evidence for first floor gable window. RCHM Reports 1949 and 1960

Listing NGR: TL4910643599