Rosemary Cottage

SU 94 NW 8/84

PUTTENHAM C.P. THE STREET (south side) No, 139 (Rosemary Cottage)

GV II

House. Early C16 to south, C18 parallel range to street, both altered and restored in C19 and C20. Timber framed to south wing, exposed at one end with red brick infill. Galleted sandstone rubble with brick quoins to ground floor of street elevation, red and blue brick above with tile hung first floor gable to right on entrance front. Plain tiled roofs, hipped over rear wing and to left. 2 parallel ranges with entrance between at right angles to street. Entrance front: 2 storeys with gabled end of older wing projecting to right. Ridge stack to rear left. One 3-light casement window to first floor, blocked window below. Further 3-light casement in left side of wind with single casement to ground floor left. Oak door to re-entrant angle of wing, under penticed hood. Street elevation: dropping down to basement, buttressed on left corner. One leaded casement window to basement, one casement window on each floor above with gauged brick head and stone keystone. Plat band over ground floor. Rear wing: 2 framed bays, jettied to east end with dragon beam, now clad in brick. Interior: Crown-post roof. Evidence to suggest that this section was the corner crosswing to a whole house extending to the north.

Listing NGR: SU9282347775