Birch and Jada

MATERIALS: timber with shiplap board cladding and a thatched roof.

PLAN: rectangular oriented south-west to north-east, with small kitchen blocks projecting to the rear of each bungalow.

EXTERIOR: the pair of bungalows have their main elevation towards the River Bure. The walls are clad in horizontal weatherboarding. The main pitched roof is thatched, but the small kitchens to the rear have felt roof covering. The building has a deck across the whole front elevation and a verandah inset across most of the central frontage held up by slender posts topped by crown posts. The windows throughout are timber, multi-pane neo-Georgian style. Each chalet in the pair has three side-by-side panelled doors with a 9 light window, opening onto the verandah. At either end there is a multi-pane window that wraps around from the front to the side elevations, angled at the corners.

INTERIOR: the interior retains its original plan-form with a main living space and four bedrooms in each bungalow. Jada includes a fifth bedroom created to the rear, beside a kitchen extension of 2021. Both bungalows are partitioned with timber board walls, and a kitchen and lavatory in the projecting rear blocks. The ceilings throughout are clad with plasterboard panels, except in the kitchen to Birch, which has a timber panelled ceiling.

There are a number of original fixtures throughout including cupboards with panelled doors, shelving and (in Birch) two original wood-framed fixed bedsteads (suggesting that the interior may have been fitted out by boat fitting specialists). All windows retain original metal handles and catches (or have been repaired with like-for-like fittings). Most internal doors are original, but there are two early-C21 doors in Jada.