Anne Duel'S House

BRAY HOLYPORT STREET SU 8977 (south-east side) 21/11 Holyport 11.04.72 Anne Duel's House (formerly listed as Ann Duel's Cottage) G.V. II

Hall house, now house. Early C15, altered and extended late C19 and C20. Part timber frame with painted brick and part render infill; part painted brick. Old tile gabled roof. Formerly rectangular plan of 2 framed bays, now L-shape with extension on right hand, and rear. 2 storeys. 2 end chimneys with clay pots. Road (north-west) front: left hand section. Timber framed gable; 2-light casement window on first floor with glazing bars, one single-light window and one 2-light similar window on ground floor. Plain C20 entrance door on right. Right hand section projects forward with a further gabled projection on right; all with C20 casement windows with glazing bars. A 2-light window on the first floor to the left; 3-light windows in the gable with small wooden pent hoods on both floors, single-light window on both levels of the returns. Interior: fine quality, timber frame exposed. Large square-section inserted floor joists, probably C16. Redundant crown post roof with heavily cambered tie beams, clasped side purlins, curved windbraces and jowled posts. Anne Duel was the owner of the house in the early C19.

Listing NGR: SU8932977858