Two Tuns Cottage

BRAMFORD THE STREET TM 1246 9/89 No.65 (Two Tuns Cottage) (Formerly listed as Premises 9.12.55 approximately 10 yards South East of the Almshouses) - II House. Part late C15 and part late C16. A cross-wing to left (of 2 storeys); a lower hall range rebuilt late C16 along the street frontage; there is some evidence that the earlier hall was set back further. Timber-framed and plastered. Plaintiled roof with C19 gabled casement dormers. C19 and C20 entrance door with vertical panels. The cross-wing has good quality close- studwork in 2 bays; there is evidence for a 3rd to rear. Plain crown-post roof; chamfered post with 2-way bracing on an arch-braced tie-beam at the open truss. The C16 range, of 1 storey with attics, is of lesser quality carpentry. It has blocked diamond mullioned windows beneath the eaves, and a good wind-braced clasped purlin roof. A C20 extension to rear.

Listing NGR: TM1228246557