Lime Tree House

HARWELL HIGH STREET SU4989 (West side) 9/123 Lime Tree House 24/11/66 GV II*

House. c.1250 origins; remodelling of c1300; cross-wing to left of c.1360; C17 front, with early C19 alterations. Painted brick plinth; roughcast, probably on timber-framing; old plain-tile roof; brick end stack to right. 2-storey, 3-window range. 6-panel door to centre with wood reeded surround and open wood-trellis porch. Two 12-pane unhorned sashes with wood reeded surrounds and cornices to ground floor right. Single 12-pane unhorned sash with wood reeded surround and cornice to left. Three 3-light wood casements to first floor with wood cornices, 3 cross-gables to roof with lead flats to valleys. Interior: extensive remains in loft of mid C13 aisled hall with passing braces and reconstruction of c.1300 base cruck and crown-post roof, cross-wing to left has crown-post roof and C17 wooden dovecote. Arch-braced collar-truss visible to main bedroom. History: home of Walter de Catewy, alias Walter de Harwell, Sergeant-at-arms to Edward III 1341-1361, and of his son Thomas, M.P. for Berkshire. Seized by William of Wykeham in 1370 and from 1392 forded part of Winchester bishopric estates. ("Harwell, Village for a Thousand Years", Pub. Harwell P.C. 1985; The Bishop of Winchester's Medieval Manor House at Harwell, Berkshire and its relevance in the Evolution of Timber-framed Aisled Halls, by J. M. Fletcher in Archaeological Journal, Vol 136, 1979, p173-192)

Listing NGR: SU4911489121