NHER 41256 (Building record) - Elizabethan Cottage, Heath Road

June 1981. Listed, Grade II.
17th century cottage. Plastered timber frame, long range with gable-ended thatched roof. One storey and attic. Four modern casements and two gabled dormers. Stacks off centre and at west. West gable, early 18th century painted brick. Formerly joined onto Tudor Cottage (NHER 41255).
Information from (S1).
The building is in fact set back north of Tudor Cottage. No conclusions can be reached from the rendered façade; but the small bay east of the offcentre stack has a slightly higher roof line than the remainder - could this indicate a rebuilt parlour cell, or is it too small to signify? Interior requires examination.
(S3) marks the site as on 'Banham Heath Lately Enclosed' and just west of Tibenham Common; the farm to the south is marked as New Farm; this house is too small to be shown. Is it a remnant of a common edge?
See (S2) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 19 March 2005.

It can be seen on the Ordnance Survey First Edition Six Inch map (S4) that Elizabethan Cottage was indeed once joined to Tudor Cottage (NHER 41255). These buildings are collectively labelled as 'Mill Houses', although the source of this name is unclear. It is clear from E. Rose's notes (see above) that they had been separated at some point between 1981 and 2005. The building has also seen a number of other alterations since it was listed in 1981. A photograph taken for the Images of England project in 2005 (now visible via (S1)) shows it with a tiled roof, with aerial photographs showing that this change occurred sometime between 1981 and 1988. A third dormer also appears to have been added at this time. The 2005 photograph also shows a brick front wall, suggesting that the render noted in March 2005 was removed soon after.
P. Watkins (HES), 16 May 2022.