NHER 28609 (Building record) - The Cottage and Chapel Cottage

1991. Site visit.
The house is three cell with off centre chimneystack, but appears to be of very late date, perhaps 18th century. Two western bays form Chapel Cottage. Eastern bay forms the Cottage. Timber framed barn of same date attached; later converted to residential use with two storeys, chimneystack added. Included as interesting example of survival of style.
See report (S1) in file.
E. Rose (NAU), 22 November 1991.

September 1998. Building Survey.
Examination of The Cottage, Tabernacle Lane in response to an application to demolish an 18th-century extention.
The Cottage is the result of the late 18th century subdivision of a typical 17th century farmhouse into two separate properties with an off-centre axial stack. The shorter parlour end of the house became 'The Cottage'. The timber frame of the farmhouse survives up to wall-plate level. In the 18th century the side walls were heightened and the roof replaced with one of a shallower pitch. Areas of plaster removed from the interior have revealed a timber frame of light scantling with tension braces cutting through the studs. The infill is of pitted wattle and daub which provided a key for plaster. The area to the west of the stack is filled with clay lump probably blocking the original entrance to the farmhouse. The roof was originally three bays with wedge-tenoned butt purlins. Only one truss and one purlin remain with the rest of the roof being supported by modern purlins. The mortised collar from the remaining truss has been removed and replaced with a wishbone timber.
See report (S2) for photographs and further details. See also (S3).
S. Howard (HES), 27 October 2010.