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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