Lavender Cottage

CHARLTON CHARLTON VILLAGE SU 15 NW (north side) 2/1 Lavender Cottage II House. C17, rebuilt mid C18. Originally timber framed; outer walls rebuilt in brick (front and right hand gable) and stone rubble (mostly flint) with quoins. Thatched roof. Brick stacks. Main block of 4 bays, originally open to roof; from C18 one-and-a- half storeys. Rear addition 2 storeys and attic, mid C18, contemporary with reconstruction of outer walls in stone. Lobby entry in second bay from right, via 6-panelled door under simple gabled hood; 4 windows (1 to right, 2 to left), C20 two-light timber casements with glazing bars in openings widened to accommodate them, under original segmental heads. Above hipped dormer to left with 3-light casement and glazing bars; large gabled dormer over next bay with similar window. Roof half-hipped to both ends; cruciform ridge stack above front door. Original small panel timber framing now confined to 3 cross walls, built up from relatively short interlocking studs and rails, and thus lacking continuous tie beams. Principal rafters only to level of upper collar as truncated upper crucks. Chimney stack exceptionally large, with smoking chamber reached from door on upper floor. Stack replaces smoke bay in same position. Small C18 staircase with column-on-vase balusters.

Listing NGR: SU1176356078