25 And 26, Gosbeck Road

HELMINGHAM GOSBECK ROAD TM 15 NE 4/78 Nos 25 and 26 - - II

Two cottages; built late C17 as a farmhouse; alterations of mid C19. 2 storeys. 3-cell cross-passage entrance plan; the right hand parlour cell is of cross-wing form. Timber framed and plastered with C19 herringbone pargetting in large panels. Pantiled roof; an axial late C17 chimney of red brick with sawtooth shaft, and a C19 gable chimney to left. C19/C20 bargeboards with undulating soffits. C19small-pane casements; some renewed mid C20. C20 half-glazed panelled entrance doors; that to No.25 at the cross entry position. Some exposed C17 framing: primary braced studwork, square sectioned floor joists set on edge. Blocked lintelled open fireplace in the parlour. Clasped-purlin roof. The service cell was extended to left by one bay in early C19.

Listing NGR: TM1831556898