Grey Cottage

TL 9879-9979 HOPTON NETHERGATE STREET

3/50 Grey Cottage -

• II

House. Mid C17. One-and-a-half storeys; 3 cell plan. Timber-framed and rendered with C20 pargetting, comb-patterned in panels. Thatched roof. An internal chimney-stack with a plain red brick shaft. 3-light casement windows to ground storey, some with C18 square-leaded panes; 3 gabled dormers with 2- light casement windows. Mid C20 enclosed gabled porch with a reused 6- panelled door. Above the door, an old fire insurance sign, with an elephant and castle, reset from above the original front door. Timbers exposed inside: framing with primary braces and bisected studs; many of the main timbers are reused. No tie-beams linking the tops of the intermediate posts. The service end is still divided into 2.

Listing NGR: TL9880179228