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| HER Number | MWB3806 |
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| Record Type | Building |
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| Name | The Mead, Lower Green, Inkpen (also known as Cruck Cottage) |
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Summary
Grade II listed cruck building, originally 16th century with later additions
Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status
- Listed Building (II) 1221228: CRUCK COTTAGE
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 01894.04.000
- Old Listed Building Ref (pre 1984) (III): Map No 32 16/16 The Mead
C.17 and modern
Monument Type(s):
- CRUCK HOUSE (16th century to Late 19th century - 1501 AD to 1900 AD)
Full Description
Listing description: Cottage. C16 with C17 and C20 extensions. Painted brick walls with some exposed timber framing and some planted timbers; half hipped thatched roof with ridge chimney. 1 bay of crucks to East, central C17 bay and 1 bay
C20 extension to West. 1 1/2 storeys. West Elevation: Left hand bay brick ground floor between cruck frames, C17 timber framing above forming upper floor. One 3-light C20 casement, central bay C17 timber framing exposed on upper level, one 3-light C20 metal casement, to right C20 extension with simulated timber framing and C20 casements flanking gabled porch. Each bay has eaves dormer with thatch swept around. East Elevation has exposed cruck frame with C17 framing at upper level. <1>
Sources and further reading
| <00> | Alcock, N W. 1973. A Catalogue of Cruck Buildings. ?. [Monograph / SWB14032] |
| <01> | Department of the Environment. 1974-2000?. DOE List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Unpublished document / SWB10006] |
| <02> | BATSFORD AND FRY - likely that the book referred to is 'The English Cottage'. [Monograph / SWB9350] |
| <03> | 1950-83. Buildings included in the statutory list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest, pre Review. WBC Network. Map No 32 16/16. [Unpublished document / SWB10875] |
| <04> | 1968. OXONIENSIA 1968 33. XXXIII. P82 in Crucks in the West Berkshire and Oxford Region by John Fletcher. [Article in serial / SWB10344]
https://oxoniensia.org/oxo_volume.php?vol=33 (Accessed 25/08/2020) |
| <05> | Tyack, G, Bradley, S and Pevsner, N. 2010. The Buildings of England (Berkshire). p340. [Monograph / SWB147855] |
| <06> | 1950-83. Buildings included in the statutory list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest, pre Review. WBC Network. Map No 32 16/16. [Unpublished document / SWB10875] |
| <06> | Unknown. 1989. Cruck Buildings in Newbury District Council Based on DoE Statutory List of Buildings of Architectural or Historic Interst, January 1989. [Unpublished document / SWB150091] |
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