Magdalene College Cottage

TL 46NW LONGSTANTON ST. MICHAELS LANE (North West Side)

5/76 Magdalene College Cottage No 1

GV II

Cottage late C17, and possibly C18. Late C18 and mid C20 alterations. Timber framed with mid-C20 brick infill, part weatherboarded. Crosswing rendered. Left hand gable end of early C19 gault brick. Straw thatch roof with square ridge stack at junction of main range and crosswing. Later hipped roof to rear of crosswing. Tumbled parapet to left hand gable with small recessed panel similar to that of the Grange (5/75 q.v.). One storey and attic. Three gable dormers. Two three-light hung sashes on either side of doorway. Crosswing one storey and attic. One flush frame horizontal sliding sash to attic gable end and recessed window at ground floor. Interior: The roof of the main range and the rear pitch of the crosswing have been rebuilt, C20. The rest of the crosswing roof is late C17 with carpentered timbers. The centre bay of the main range has an inglenook, sealed, and above a moulded pad with dentil enrichment, c.1670, to support the main beam, which is now boxed. Stop chamfered main beam to the crosswing. R.C.H.M. record card

Listing NGR: TL4026965878