55 And 57, The Pippin

ST9971 755-1/4/174 08/07/76

CALNE

THE PIPPIN (East side) Nos.55 AND 57

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House, now two dwellings. Late C17 or early C18. Limestone rubble with steeply-pitched roof, recently slated, originally thatched, brick stacks to gable ends. Each cottage now single-unit plan with flying freehold of No.55 to the left which is 2-window range, over part of No.57 which is one-window range. 2 storeys. Timber lintels and first-floor windows are at eaves level. The entrance to No.55 is in the left return where some timber insertions at the corners sneck up the rubblestone; the door opening to the right has been narrowed to accommodate a C19 planked door with an iron knocker: to the left of the door, the whole gable end is a projecting stack slightly corbelled out at first-floor level where there is a 2-light C18 leaded casement window with C20 glass. The west facade of No.55, facing The Pippin, has two C19 two-light casement windows without glazing bars to each floor and a vertical joint between them, implying that No.57 was once symmetrical. No.57 has a C20 door to the left and a C20 two-light casement window to each floor, a half submerged basement window remains. INTERIOR of No.55: the room to the ground floor is stone-flagged with an open fire to the rear left corner, a studded wall to the right and a chamfered crossbeam with slots and holes, probably re-used. The C20 staircase has been repositioned, the first floor has elm boards and 2 partly exposed pegged A-frame trusses.

Listing NGR: ST9995871083