Survey Data
Reg No
13901120
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social, Technical
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
297080, 297768
Date Recorded
21/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey with attic thatched dwelling, built c. 1820. Reed thatched roof, rendered central chimneystack. Lime-washed rendered walling. Square-headed window openings, painted reveals and sills, containing one-over-one timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door. Built at right angles to main road, with garden to fore. Courtyard formed by single-storey rubble stone outbuildings. Corrugated-iron sheeted roofs, lime-washed rubble stone walling. Plaque at gable reads "ERECTED BY THE LOUTH FARMERS IN MEMORY OF LAWRENCE CRAWLEY WHOSE EVICTION FROM THIS HOUSE BY LORD LOUTH ON 11TH JUNE 1881 WAS A TURNING POINT IN LAND REFORM." Small pond in courtyard.
Appraisal
This is a fine example of a well-maintained thatched house retaining its early character. A good example of vernacular architecture, its significance is greatly increased by its historic association with the struggle for land reform commemorated in plaque.