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CROWN STEPS
(East Side)
Bank Cottage (to
TQ 2550 SW 12/174 of No 4 High Street)
The description should be amended to read House. C17, probably 1st half, with later alterations and major early - C20
alterations when the building was divided into 2 cottages. Timber frame with brick
infill and cladding whitewashed; plain tile roof. Originally single-storey with
attic, 3 framed bays. South front: through-passage on left has exposed wall post
on left and stud above; part-glazed door to its right and another, part-glazed,
at right end, both under cambered brick arches. On the inside of each door a tall,
bricked-up, window opening with flat brick arch and small casement window inserted;
a 3rd casement window on right of central bay. Ends of 2 iron tie bars. Eaves
band. Two flat-roofed dormers to left and a third to right, all with casements,
tile-hung cheeks and lead roofs. Central chimney stack. Rear: mostly brick, but
timbering is exposed at either end comprising corner posts, mid rail and vertical
studs. Later external stack to left of passage. Left and right returns: weather-
boarded; window in left gable. Timbering visible in the through-passage gable wall
includes cill plate, mid-rail, posts and studs; the pavement is of coarsely squared
sets. Interior: in right room on ground floor rear corner post visible under
stairs. 1st floor: wall posts, studs and wall plates visible; two principal rafter
trusses, the time beams cut out; some wide floor boards. Unoccupied at time of
survey. ------------------------------------ CROWN STEPS
1.
5388 (east side)
Bank Cottage (to rear
TQ 2550 SW 12/174 of No 4 High Street) II
2.
House. C17, probably 1st half, with later alterations and major early - C20 alterations
when the building was divided into 2 cottages. Timber frame with brick infill and
cladding whitewashed; plain tile roof. Single-storey with attic, 3 framed bays.
South front: through-passage on left has exposed wall post on left and stud above;
part-glazed door to its right and another, boarded, at right end, both under cambered
brick arches. On the inside of each door a tall, bricked-up, window opening with
flat brick arch and small casement window inserted; a 3rd casement window on right
of central bay. Ends of 2 iron tie bars. Eaves band. Two flat-roofed dormers to
left and a third to right, all with casements, tile-hung cheeks and lead roofs.
Central chimney stack. Rear: mostly brick, but timbering is exposed at either end
comprising corner posts, mid rail and vertical studs. Later external stack to left
of passage. Left and right returns: weatherboarded; window in left gable. Interior:
in right room on ground floor rear corner post visible under stairs. 1st floor: wall
posts, studs and wall plates visible-; two principal rafter trusses, the tie-beams cut
out; some wide floor boards. Timbering visible in the through-passage gable wall
includes cill plate, mid-rail, posts and studs; the pavement is of coarsely squared
sets. Unoccupied at time of survey.
Listing NGR: TQ2532950300
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