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THORPE CHURCH APPROACH 1 and 2, Church Approach

(formerly Carl Haws Cottages)

15.4.82

GV II 2 Cottages now 1 Medieval Hall House later 17th wing at rear. Timber framed, later brick cladding. Hipped thatched roof now plain clay tiles with smoke gablets. Hall house 2 bays, crown post trusses. Later inserted floor of massive exposed joists and partitions on central truss. Tie beam and collar purlin cut front. Centre door and four windows, 3-pane 2-light casements. Rear wing, gabled tile roof linked with level ridges. Exposed timber frame, square panels of red brick, casement windows, later brick porch and lean-to enclosing south wall. Upper level herring bone red brick in lime mortar, original windows in oak diagonal bars now missing. Exposed timbers in floor. Massive brick stack at junction of wing with large brick deep fireplace and smaller fireplace above.

Simple stack above roof. Well, disused at SW corner.

Listing NGR: TQ0240268691