Wych Elm Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. A Medieval House. 1 related planning application.

Wych Elm Cottage

WRENN ID
sacred-glass-sunrise
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1984
Type
House
Period
Medieval
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TL 22 NE WALKERN CHURCH END (south side)

1/10 No 6 (Wych Elm Cottage)

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GV II

Small house. C15 or early C16, E bay early C17. Timber frame on tarred brick sill, roughcast with panelled pargetting. Steep half-hipped thatch roof carried down over weatherboarded lean-to at E end. A one and a half storeys, 3-bay former small open hall house with storeyed bay at W end and inserted gable chimney at E. Deeper single-storey C17 one-bay E extension still open to roof. Later weatherboarded lean-to on E. Faces N with lobby entrance by chimney and a single 3-light lattice window. Cast-iron 3- light lattice to E end. Interior shows close-studding, jowled posts in both C15 and Cl7 parts. Collar-rafter roof with purlins added in W end. Deep arched braces to cambered tie beam at middle of hall. Old axial floor joists in W bay. Straight tension bracing in Cl7 E bay. Weatherboarding originally external at W now within lean-to. Notable for the unusual survival of this small late medieval house.

Listing NGR: TL2912926574

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