The Thatched Cottage

SE 45 SE TOCKWITH WESTFIELD ROAD (south side)

4/47 No 11 (The Thatched Cottage)

GV II

House. Probably C16 timber frame, encased in brick mid-late C17. Post and truss timber framing, Flemish and random bond to brickwork, Norfolk reed thatched roof. Of 2 storeys, the upper storey partly within the roof space, and 3 bays; lobby-entry plan. C20 glazed door under porch between bays 1 and 2; tripartite sash windows in flush wood architraves below soldier arches to ground floor. Upper floor: 3 pairs of 3-pane casements divided horizontally by the wall plate of the timber frame; the upper windows under swept dormers. Brick ridge stack opposite the entrance and to right gable. Right return (to road): inserted window in blocked doorway to ground floor, right; C19 four-pane sash in flush wood architrave to first floor, left. Interior: substantial remains of the timber-framed house with rear aisle survive, including principal posts, braced to wall plates and tie beams with principal rafters and stud partitions. A passage along the rear of the house is in the former outshut or rear aisle and the mortice for a horizontal aisle strut is visible in the back of one of the principal posts. North Yorkshire and Cleveland Vernacular Buildings Study Group Report No 1011.

Listing NGR: SE4681752357