Cowards

TL 31NE THUNDRIDGE COLD CHRISTMAS LANE (south side)

2/12 Cowards

GV II

House. C16, floor inserted C1700, extended to rear 1964. Timber frame roughcast with some weatherboarding and steep old red tile roof. 3-unit, one and a half storeys house with large central chimney and lobby entry. Stair trimming to rear of stack. 4-bay structure with jowled posts and clasped purlin roof on Queen-post trusses. Floor of squared or quartered timber joists carried on roughly squared axial beams. Chamfered and stopped beam in parlour possibly to support a chimney hood at site of present central stack. Large curved brace to tie-beam. Short edge- halved scarf with bridled butts in each wallplate. 3-window front facing W, with upper windows rising above the eaves in small gables. Flush sash windows with small panes. Matching rear wing extension.

Listing NGR: TL3669716648