Cobham Oak Cottages (EHER 30024)

A 13th century house, now three cottages, with 16th, 18th and 20th century alterations. It is timber framed and plastered, and roofed with handmade red plain tiles.

January 1986. Grade II* listed. A 13th century house with 16th, 18th and 20th century alterations. It is timber framed and plastered, and roofed with handmade red plain tiles. It is now three cottages. The main range of four-bays facing south-west comprises the service end of an aisled hall, dating to around 1250-1300, altered and extended to the right in the 16th century. There is a two-bay crosswing to the right, and 19th and 20th century lean-to extensions along the full length of the rear and at the right end. The main range is single storey with attics, and has a two storey crosswing. A late 16th century chimney stack has been inserted between the arcade posts and posts at the sides indicate that this may have been a timber framed chimney originally, later bricked in. This building has been converted to an unaisled hall house in the 16th century, with a plain doorway in the rear of the left bay, and one of the existing front doors on the same line, forming a cross-entry behind the stack. The hall/parlour partition is well constructed of re-used timber, with a plain doorway through, trenched braces terminating on the studs, bench fixings, and a 17th century inserted doorway above the tiebeam. There are diamond mortices for an unglazed window in the rear wall of the parlour. There are no wattle fixings in the crosswing, indicating that it was lathed and plastered from the outset. <1> <2> See photos <3>. Original HER entry merged with NRHE data transfer.