The Thatch

SS 20 NW BUDE-STRATTON LYNSTONE

5/228 The Thatch

• II

House. C17 core, C19 and C20 alterations. Whitewashed cob to rear, whitewashed rubble stone to front. Wheat reed thatched roof with gabled ends, brick chimney to left gable end, brick stack at junction between builds, front lateral stack with brick shaft. The lower end, under a slightly lower Norfolk reed thatch roof was rebuilt late C20, floor level considerably lower than higher end. Entrance on front into stair hall which may have been former through or cross passage. Single depth plan, 2 rooms wide with circa C19 lean-to with slate roof adjoining at left end. 2 storeys. 2-window front with C19 timber studded front door under canopy. Ground floor window left large late C19/early C20 2-light casement, 3 panes per light. Similar first floor window to right 4 lateral stack. Interior Fireplace to lateral stack partly blocked. 2 chamfered, stopped cross beams of heavy scantling with moulded axial beams. Roof space inaccessible at time of survey, 1984.

Listing NGR: SS2054705267