Birdbrook And Tamarisk Cottage

UFFINGTON WOOLSTONE ROAD SU3089 11/156 Tamarisk Cottage and Birdbrook

GV II

Two cottages. Early C17 to left hand side (Tamarisk Cottage) and late C17 (Birdbrook). Squared and coursed chalk to Tamarisk Cottage; Birdbrook has whitewashed chalk rubble with chalk quoins; right side wall has chalk rubble ground floor with timber frame above and to rear; square framing of slight scantling with diagonal braces. Thatched roof: brick stacks. 2-unit plans. 1 1/2-storey, 4-window range. Timber lintels over C19 plank door and C20 plank doors, Tamarisk Cottage having thatched porch. Tamarisk Cottage has timber lintels over original 4-light casements with ovolo moulded mullions: first floor windows retain leaded lights; Birdbrook has original 3-light casements with splayed wood mullions, and two 2-light leaded casements to first floor; 2- and 3-light leaded casements to rear. Half-hipped roof; lateral, end and ridge stacks. Interior: Tamarisk Cottage has quarter-turn and straight run stairs in original position, adjoining fireplace with original bressumer , full set of chamfered and stopped beams and common joists; timber framed central partition wall. 2-bay collar-truss with butt tenoned purlins. Interior of Birdbrook not inspected. C20 extensions to rear.

Listing NGR: SU3023589077