57 And 58, Pettaugh Lane

GOSBECK PETTAUGH LANE TM 15 NE 4/73 Nos 57 and 58

• II

Two cottages; built c.1600 as one farmhouse. 3-cell cross-entry plan. 1 storey with attics. Timber-framed and plastered; much underbuilding in mid C19 red brick now painted. Pantiled roof, once thatched, with one C20 flat- roofed casement dormer. A massive axial early C17 chimney of red brick; the square base has an empty date panel, and the 4 octagonal flues have moulded bases. Late C19/C20 casements and boarded entrance doors. No.58 has lambs tongue-stopped chamfers to main beams, and unchamfered floor joists. Arched wind-braced studding. Late C17 2-tier butt-purlin roof with heavy principals; the original tiebeams were removed at this date. An internal partition has an unusual long screen of early C18 turned balusters. Interior of No.57 not examined.

Listing NGR: TM1664257044