Teys

TL 7337 TOPPESFIELD THE STREET, West Side 6/2 No. 6 (Teys) GV II

House, C17 extended in C18 and C19 and altered in C20. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 3 bays aligned North South with central chimney stack, forming a lobby-entrance to the East. Single-storey lean-to extension to rear, C18. Small single-storey extension to North, C19, and larger C20 extension to West of it. 2 storeys and attics. Central oriel window with hipped roof, c.1980, and 2-window range of C20 casements. Gambrel roof, with gables weatherboarded. 2 storeys and attics. Original entrance blocked to form the oriel window noted above. The interior has jowled posts, some exposed framing with primary straight bracing, and chamfered axial beams with lamb's tongue stops at both levels. All posts and horizontal main members are similarly chamfered and stopped. 2 original ground floor hearths, one with a blocked opening for an oven. The carpentry style is imitated in the joists of the NW extension, C20.

Listing NGR: TL7385037392