Wingate Cottage

GREAT OUSEBURN MAIN STREET SE 4461-4561 (north-east side) 9/21 Wingate Cottage GV II House. Frame probably early C17, exterior rebuilt in brick in early-mid C18; further alteration and extension in C20. Timber-framed, encased in orange-red brick in loose English garden wall bond; pantile roof. 2-storey, 4 - window front. C20 board door in centre, between C20 3-light, small-pane casements: 2-light, 12-pane horizontal sliding sash at right end. Two middle windows on first floor are 2-light, 8-pane horizontal sliding sashes; end ones C20 small - pane casements, 3-light at left and 2-light at right. Flat arches to ground floor openings. 3-course raised bands at first floor and eaves levels, the eaves band dentilled. Right end and left-of-centre stacks. Interior. Timber-frame largely hidden, but braced posts are visible at rear of middle room. Ground floor centre and right end rooms have chamfer-stopped beams, and centre room has square- section joists. Left end room beam ogee-stopped. In centre room splendid inglenook fireplace survives, together with beehive oven with timber. fire door. Left end room has pretty early-mid C18 stone fireplace with moulded cornice shelf. On the first floor, brick firehood survives complete.

Listing NGR: SE4507061592