Bottom House

SU 89 SW FINGEST AND LANE END HIGH STREET (LANE END)

4/47 Bottom House

II

House. C17, with possible traces of earlier building, extended to left early-mid C18, altered late C18 and later. Brick with some flint in ground floor walls. Old tile roofs, rebuilt brick chimneys between right bays and to left side. Low central part of 1½ bays with taller flanking gabled bays and late C18 extension to rear. Left bay is of 2 storeys and attic with first and second floor band courses, the upper band with dentils. C20 canted bay window to ground floor, 3-light barred wooden casement with gauged head to first floor, 2-light casement to attic. Blocked doorway with gauged head to right. Centre part has C20 barred wooden window to ground floor, and C20 door recessed to left. Right bay is of 2 storeys with band course at eaves level, and 3-light barred wooden casements with segmental heads. C18 rear extension is of vitreous header brick. Interior: some timbering in cross walls of central section, that to left of centre with braces that may be the upper parts of cruck blades; more timber framing in right end wall; stop-chamfered spine beams in left bay.

Listing NGR: SU8090991677