North End, Low Barn Cottages South End, Low Barn Cottages

WETHERINGSETT-CUM-BROCKFORD PITMAN'S CORNER TM 16 NW 3/132 North End & South End, 3.5.77 Low Barn Cottages (formerly listed as Lower Barn Cottages)

-- II Former farmhouse, now 2 dwellings. C15, extended to south in C17 to form a single long range. Renovated mid C20. Timber framed and rendered, pantiled roof. 2 storeys. 5 windows, mid C20 2-light casements with a single horizontal glazing bar to each light. 2 mid C20 doorways with boarded doors and gabled hoods. Internal stack has rebuilt plain axial shaft. Later stack against south gable end. Interior. Core comprises a C15 house with 2-bay former open hall. Partition wall between the 2 dwellings incorporates open truss: arched-braced cambered tie beam with peg for crown-post; roof not accessible but assumed to be intact. Some C15 studding, front wallplate shows evidence for diamond-mullioned hall window. Mid C16 inserted floor: fine bridging beam with multiple roll mouldings, carried down onto the head of each wallpost; the joists are concealed. Inserted stack, probably contemporary with floor, has blocked back-to-back fireplaces with roll-moulded lintols, one mutilated. Much of the remainder of the structure is concealed. Interior of South End not examined.

Listing NGR: TM1418266729