The Cottage

TL 73 NW TOPPESFIELD THE CAUSEWAY, East Side 3/9 No. 59 (The Cottage) II House, c.1600 and c.1700, altered in C20. Timber framed, plastered, roof thatched. 2 bays aligned approx. N-S, with central chimney stack, c.1600. 2-bay crosswing to S, structurally separate, with external chimney stack on S wall, c.1700. Single-storey extension to S with catslide roof, single-store weatherboarded extension to N with lean-to roof, and single-storey extensions to E. Aspect W. 2 storeys. Plain boarded door and 3-window range of C20 casements. The interior of the northern part has jowled posts, curved bracing trenched inside heavy studding, chamfered axial beam with lamb's tongue stops, and plain joists of horizontal section. In the upper rear wall there is a blocked original window, probably of early glazed type. The roof is of clasped purlin construction with curved wind braces. The ground floor hearth is large rebuilt up to mantel level. The southern part has simpler framing, without jowls, partly pegged and partly nailed, with a clasped purlin roof, rafters pegged at the apices.

Listing NGR: TL7383136963