Great Coopers Farmhouse

I. RETTENDON THE GREEN 5213 BATTLEBRIDGE

TQ 79 SE 21/951 20.6.80 GREAT COOPERS FARMHOUSE

GV II

Farmhouse, now house. Early C17 crosswing and brewhouse - bakehouse to rear, connected by early/mid C19 bay; late C17/early C18 wing added to left of crosswing. Render over brick and timber frame; gabled old tile roofs; C17 brick ridge and end stacks finished in C20 brick. L-plan with rear right wing. One storey and attic; 2-window range. Mid C19 bracketed gabled hood over 4-panelled central door; segmental arches over 3-light wood casements, some of which are mid/late C19; large mid C19 gabled dormer to left. Late C17/early gabled wing to rear left. One storey bakehouse to rear, with weatherboard over timber frame and C20 door and wood casements. Interior: exposed timber frame. Cross-wing to right has chamfered beam and C17 window opening to rear and open fireplace and stop-chamfered beam and joists; stop -chamfered beams and joists to left; jowled storey posts to cellar trusses, exposed at first floor level, with C17 four-light wood-mullioned window to rear. Brewhouse/bakehouse to rear, of 2 bays, has exposed timber frame with C17 wood- mullioned window to rear; straight-bracing to tie beams of reconstructed roof; bay to left has timber lintel over large open fireplace with bread oven; floored end to right has quarter-turn staircase with solid treads. This house was moved from its original site at Coopers End, Takely, following the expansion of Stanstead Airport.

Listing NGR: TQ7791694775