Ford Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1954. House.

Ford Cottage

WRENN ID
rooted-casement-dust
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Country
England
Date first listed
7 May 1954
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

Description

DALHAM THE STREET TL 76 SW 6/32 Ford Cottage (Formerly listed as Sycamore Cottage and Cottage adjoining Sycamore Cottage) 7.5.54

GV II

House. Mid or late C16, extended on right hand side C18 in 2 stages One-and-a-half storeys and attics. Timber-framed and rendered. Thatched roof with eyebrow casement dormers; axial and gable chimneys of red brick. The axial chimney C16 with, at the front, a circular flue on an octagonal base, the flue having carved bricks forming a diaper-work pattern. A pair of C17 flattened hexagonal flues probably replace a second circular flue. C20 small-pane casements and boarded entrance door. The C16 timber- framing is of good quality, with clasped-purlin roof, close-studding and evidence for unglazed windows. The house may originally have had 3 cells, the 3rd cell being demolished and rebuilt when the house was divided into cottages in C18.

Listing NGR: TL7228561702

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