NHER 44533 (Building record) - The Thatched Cottage

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Summary

A pair of 18th century cottages, now used as one house.They are built of clay lump (which sits on a brick plinth) and have one storey, attics and a thatched roof. New casements were inserted during the 19th cnetury and there is a single storeyed outshut to rear.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II) 1342845: THE THATCHED COTTAGE

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Map sheet	TL99NW
Civil Parish	MERTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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August 1983. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description:
Pair of cottages, now one. Early 18th century. Clay lump on brick plinth and thatched roof. One storey and attic. Two gabled porches thatched, with round arched openings of brick. Four ground floor brick casements with ovolu hoods inserted probably in 1870s. Four gabled thatched dormers with casements and bargeboards. Gabled roof, south cottage lower. Rebuilt stack to north. Double shafted square stack over division of cottages. North gable weatherboarded. Single storeyed outshut to rear, pantiled with casement window.
Information from (S1).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 10 May 2006.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 539.
<S1> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1342845.