Clematis Cottage

TL 72 NE STISTED MADGEMENTS ROAD (north side)

1/270 No. 76 (Clematis Cottage) and no. 77

• II

Pair of attached cottages. Circa 1500 or earlier, with later extensions. Timber framed, plastered, roof mainly thatched, with some handmade red plain tiles. No. 76 comprises 3 bays facing S, 1500 or earlier, with an axial stack near the right end; C20 single-storey wing to rear, roofed with machine-made red clay tiles, and lean-to conservatory to left of it. No. 77 comprises 2 bays to right of it, slightly wider in span, mainly C19 but possibly incorporating earlier structure, with an C18/19 axial stack. One storey with attics. No. 76 has 4 C20 casements and a C19 horizontal sash of 12 lights in an eyebrow dormer; door at front of C20 gabled porch, roofed with machine-made red clay tiles. No. 77 has 3 C20 casements and one C19 horizontal sash in a gabled dormer; the dormer and adjacent part of the main roof are clad with handmade red plain tiles. C20 door. Roof half-hipped at right. No. 76 has heavy jowled posts and a crownpost roof with axial bracing. The ceilings have been raised, so that only the ground floor is occupied; the only access to the loft is through the dormer window. No. 77 has a C19 hearth facing to left, and wider wood-burning hearth facing to right; the structure is wholly plastered internally.

Listing NGR: TL7999225670