1, 3 And 5, Church Green

TL 2923 11/13 24.11.66

Benington BENINGTON CHURCH GREEN (south side) Nos 1, 3, and 5

GV II

House, now 3 houses. C16 or earlier open hall house, said to have been parish priest's house until 1636. Storeyed 2-bay later C16 extension at W. Gabled jettied, 2-bay crosswing at E early C17, divided into 2 houses and No 5 built at W end in matching style in mid C19. Timber frame exposed on upper floor of E cross wing but roughcast generally. No 5 probably of brick under the roughcast. Steep old red tile roofs. Corrugated sheet roof to outhouse wing at rear of No 1, replacing thatch. An L-shaped group facing N. One and a half storeys E crosswing. Oldest part in middle is a 3-bay structure with hall in 2 W bays and heavy timbering and tension bracing exposed in E bay (No 1). Hall floored in stages with early C17 chamfered axial beam in middle bay with ogee and bar stops. Later floor and lateral chimney projecting to rear in W bay. Roof raised but old jowled bay posts remain. Well-finished heavy timbering in W 2-bay C16 extension, of one and a half storeys from beginning. Framed opening over tie-beam in E gable possibly an entrance for ladder from still open end-bay of hall. Cut off braces to crossbeam supporting upper floor. C19 internal gable chimney with stair position in NW corner. This wing has hollow chamfers worked on tie beams but lower part my have been service rooms. C17 jettied E parlour wing of 2 bays designed with one room on each floor and large external rear gable chimney. Close studding and clasped- purlin roof. Irregular frontage with roofs stepping up from middle. 6 flush casement windows and 3 boarded doors. Gabled dormer over door to middle part and 2 to right. 5 gabled dormers at rear. (RCHM (1911) 52).

Listing NGR: TL2983423612