21 And 22, Chapel Lane

TM 14 SW 2/9

BELSTEAD CHAPEL LANE Nos 21 and 22

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House, divided in two. C16 of various builds, C18, 1801, extended C20. Timber framed, some exposed, but mostly rendered, brick, mostly plaintile roofs, some slate and shingle. Complex plan. No 22, 2 bays, 2 storeys, long wall jettied on both sides, extended in brick 1801 and later. No 21, L plan 2 storeys the earlier wing added at right angles to No 22, partly enclosing it, the later (kitchen, bathroom) wing completing the block. No 22 exposed close studding to first floor, rendered ground floor, plaintile roofs, gabletted at northern end. Ground floor single and 2-light leaded glazed timber casements. Similar 2-light first floor opening. Small opening to return. 2 similar windows and boarded door to single storey 1801 brick wing. Axial stack between the two builds, external stack dated 1801 to northernmost gable. Interior. Ground floor extended by a few feet beyond former closed truss, into No 21. Thinner scantling timbers, brick party wall. Shutter grooves to former windows each side. Window, formerly a doorway, has surviving hinge. Horizontal joists narrow jowelled posts, chamfered tie beam. First floor shutter grooves. Wind braced clasped purlin roof. No 21 L plan. 2, 2 bay 2 storey wings. The east-west wing with hipped and gabletted roof, crossed by north-south wing with hipped roof to south, gabled to north. South face. Ground floor C20 extension with 3-light window and added porch obscure original surface. 4 small first floor openings, 2 to each build, single casements, one a C20 insertion above stairs. Left hand return, thin external-stack. 2 small inserted ground floor openings, 2-light first floor timber casement. The casement beneath the exposed jetty is part of No 22. Right hand return, scattered C20 casements. Rear, part external stack rises from single storey extension housing former deep chimney and oven. Interior. East-west wing has close studded frame, chamfered beams, horizontal joists. Inserted and altered openings. Arch braced tie beam supporting wind braced roof. North-south wing roof of thinner scantling.

Listing NGR: TM1322841215