Wilwyn And The Cottage

TL 96 SW 4/75

HESSETT THE STREET (EAST SIDE) Wilwyn and The Cottage

GV II

Two houses, built as one in late C14 or C15. Alterations of late C16 and mid C20. One storey and attics; 2-storey crosswing to right. 3-cell plan. Timber-framed and plastered. Concrete pantiled roof, formerly thatched; a mid C20 raking dormer with casement. An axial chimney, the shaft rebuilt in C19 red brick. Mid C20 casements. The Cottage has a mid C20 half-glazed panelled entrance door and slate-roofed porch. Wilwyn has a C19 panelled door at side with a conservatory-porch of C20. The main range comprises an open hall whose cross-entry was probably on the site of the chimney; a storeyed cell is at the left hand end. The cross-wing (Wilwyn) is a remodelling of late C16, employing base-crucks: a splayed scarf joint with undersquinted butts at this end of the original structure indicates a possible C14 origin. Smoke-encrusted coupled-rafter roof. Late C16 inserted 1st floor in hall, with chamfered floor joists laid flat. Altered late C16 or early C17 lintelled fireplace in the hall and an arched chamber fireplace in the crosswing.

Listing NGR: TL9361861587