Oak Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1986. Cottage.

Oak Cottages

WRENN ID
solitary-cornice-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Country
England
Date first listed
13 March 1986
Type
Cottage
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TL 71 NE FAULKBOURNE

2/38 Nos. 1 and 2, Oak Cottages

GV II

Range of cottages, now 2, formerly more. C17, altered in C20. Timber framed, plastered and weatherboarded, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 4-bay range facing SE with central stack, and 3-bay range facing NE, with C18/C19 internal stack at the junction, forming an L-plan. One storey with attics. No. 1 (facing SE), 4 C20 casements, 3 more in gabled dormers, and C20 door in gabled porch. No. 2 (facing NE), 3-window range of C20 casements, C20 door in trellised porch. 4 octagonal shafts on each stack. Chamfered beams with lamb's tongue stops. At the junction between the 2 ranges a beam is supported by an unusual Y-shaped post with elaborately profiled head, possibly introduced. Clasped purlin roofs.

Listing NGR: TL7940117321

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