Thatched Roof Thursday #64 - Offchurch

Tudor Cottage and Wisteria Cottage, 

Offchurch, Warwickshire.

Last week it was a cat in thatch - 

this week I am thinking 'peacock'.

These two homes are loaded with history and interesting design

and are Grade II listed.  Here is a bit of the official description:

Hall house, now house, with addition now forming separate house. Probably late

C15 hall house, floored C17, with C17 addition forming cross-wing to rear right.

False large timber-framing with rendered panels, over original large framing;

cedar shingle roof; brick lateral stacks to rear. Hall house plan, now floored.

2-storey, 2-bay,2-window range. C20 door to C20 porch at left. Irregular

fenestration of C20 casements. Interior: concave-moulded spine beam with

roll-moulding to dining room at ground floor right. Winder staircase from ground

to first floors. Queen-post roof with wattle-and-daub infill between original

hall and right bay. C17 cross-wing to right rear. Large timber-framing with

rendered infill; thatch roof; brick ridge stacks to left and right of centre.

Single storey and attic; 2-bay range. C20 plank door to left of centre. Angled

bay window to centre. Swept dormer to centre

More about the village of Offchurch next Thursday.