NHER 31144 (Building record) - Whitehorse (Lushers) Cottage, Ash Tree Close

Whitehorse Cottage (or Lushers Cottage), Whitehorse Lane.
Small timber-framed hall house, consisting of hall and services. Possibility of further bay demolished. Upper floor and chimneystack inserted, probably in late 16th century. Fireplace contains reused carved stone. 18th and 19th century alterations.
See full report (S1) and architect's plans 1997 (S2) in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 28 April 1997.

1997. Post 17th century documentary research (S2) by [1] in file, suggesting perhaps a common edge site.
E. Rose (NLA) 20 May 1997.

November 1997-May 1998. Watching Brief and Building Survey.
Monitoring and survey work undertaken after building stripped down and during construction of extension.
Suggests that it is an early 18th century agricultural building formed of reused older timbers, the south wall alone being a 16th century end wall of an older house to the south. He sees the upper floor and stack as late 18th century insertions at the time of conversion to domestic use, with the cross wall being brought in in one piece from elsewhere.
See report (S3) for further details.
E. Rose (NLA) 2 June 1998. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2015.

October 2005.
About 1600, with later additions. Rendered timber-frame with corrugated iron roof, hipped to right. Internal left end chimneystack and later right end chimneystack. Two unit hall house plan with a pair of service rooms.
Information from (S4).
D. Robertson (NLA) 4 October 2005.