The Chestnuts
THE CHESTNUTS, OLD CHURCH ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1034653
- Date first listed:
- 11-Nov-1952
- Statutory Address:
- THE CHESTNUTS, OLD CHURCH ROAD
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- Date:
- 1999-10-15
- Reference:
- IOE01/01885/06
- Rights:
- © Mr R. J Wheeler. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1034653
- Date first listed:
- 11-Nov-1952
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE CHESTNUTS, OLD CHURCH ROAD
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE CHESTNUTS, OLD CHURCH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Warwickshire
- District:
- North Warwickshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Water Orton
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 17646 91394
Details
WATER ORTON OLD CHURCH ROAD SP19SE (South side) Water Orton 4/111 The Chestnuts 11/11/52 - II House. C15 with later alterations and additions. Timber-framed with brick infill panels and some brick rebuilding. Plain tile roof; brick ridge stack with toothed band and pilaster strips. 2-bay hall-house with flanking cross-wings. Mainly one storey and attic with 2-storey wing to the right. Irregular 5-window front: C19 glazing bar casements. The right hand cross-wing has the best preserved framing: large rectangular panels and curved braces; collar-and-tie-beam roof truss with clasped purlins. Smaller gables to left hand cross-wing and to left hand side of hall range. Central lean-to porch with C19 ribbed door and a carved stone head to each side. Interior not inspected but recorded as having a cruck truss. (N.W. Alock: Cruck Construction: (1981): C.B.A. Research Report No.42, p157)
Listing NGR: SP1764691394
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 309425
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Alcock, N W, Council for British Archaeology Research Report in Cruck Construction An Introduction And Catalogue, Vol. 42, (1981), 157
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