Tudor Cottage

ALDBURY STOCKS ROAD SP 91 SE (West side) 5/27 Tudor Cottage 30.11.66 (formerly listed as Tudor Cottages, Stocks Farm (2 dwellings)) GV II 2 houses, now one house. W wing probably a fragment of C16 Stocks manor house, middle part probably c.1600, S wing early C20 for Mrs Humphrey Ward of Stocks House. Timber frames on low red brick plinths, red brick infill panels, plastered panels to first floor of S wing. Steep old red tile roofs. W wing shows signs of having been plastered externally. A large 3-cells and S extension, internal chimney, lobby-entry plan house, 2 storeys, cellar and attics, set well back from the road, facing E. Gabled parlour crosswing at N with a ground floor window, 2 first floor windows, and attic window. It shares the large internal chimney with the 2 storeys, cellar and attic hall bay. This has a window on each floor and a gabled dormer, high on roof. The narrower bay to S has a gable rising from the front eaves with an attic window, and one on each floor below. The lower 1½ storeys S extension has a window on each floor. 2- and 3-light flush casement windows with lattice leaded glazing on upper floors, rectangular on ground floor. Tiled gabled porch. The crosswing has a fine brick fireplace with 4-centred arch recessed in an ovolo-moulded surround. The hall fireplace backing onto it has a large wooden lintel. Axial floor beam in hall, and stair position to rear of chimney stack. On upper floor an arched brace to tie beam of framed partition to S end of hall. (RCHM Typescript: Pevsner(1977)65: Davis(1980) No.13).

Listing NGR: SP9646113286