120 AND 122, OCKFORD ROAD

GODALMING OCKFORD ROAD SU 9643 SW (north west side) 14/198 Nos 120 and 122 23.2.70 GV II

Two houses, now one. Late C16 or early C17 and later C17, of 2 builds. Rubble- stone and brick plinth; timber frame with plastered wattle and daub infill and painted brick infill; plain tile roof. 2 storeys, No 120 with attic, No 122 with basement. 4 bays, 1:3, the left bay (No 122) being C17 addition. Plinth of rubblestone with brick patching, approx 0.5 metres high on right and rising to approx 2 metres high on left, due to sloping ground, providing basement at left end which has a small window. Timber framing, above, has large-scantling posts, midrail and upper tension braces (right one curved), with large panels to first floor and some inserted timbers to ground floor. On right, C20 steps up to C19 shop doorway having segmental-arched glazed, upper panel and overlight, and on its left a large 6-pane shop window all under iron-bracketed canopy box. Other windows are casements, mostly C20: on ground floor three 2-light, small- pane windows, that on left smaller and c.1980; on first floor 3 small windows of 2, 2 and 4 lights, the latter with some old iron casements with leading; two 2-light, tile-hung, gabled dormers on right. Roof hipped on left, descending over left-hand bay as catslide roof, with rebuilt brick stack between left-hand bays; another, truncated, stack to ridge between right-hand bays. Rear: rubble- stone to lower part of wall, timber frame above; brick and stone outshut on left. Left return: lower part of wall of orangey-red brick and rubblestone with straight-braced, small square-panelled timber frame above. Board door on right with an old 2-light diamond-leaded casement window to its left and a similar smaller window to left again. Interior: framing exposed, including jowled posts, straight braces, large-scantling cambered tie-beams with vertical posts in left bay of No 120, wind braces, roof not inspected but said to have sooted rafters at right-hand end which may indicate a former smoke-bay plan. In right bay, blocked ground floor fireplace has chamfered surround with rounded corners; wooden winder stair at front of stack with old, strap-hinged board door to cup- board below; left bay (No 122) has basement fireplace with moulded wooden surround and C19 iron grate and oven.

Listing NGR: SU9640243384