Building record 353/0/1 - Elm House, Wrenbury Green

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Summary

A Grade II listed timber framed house built in the seventeenth century century. Wood was in plentiful supply as a building material in Britain until the 17th century. It was therefore the most practical material for house building. Timber framed buildings consist of a wooden framework (usually oak) that was infilled to created solid walls. Infill material used included wattle and daub, lath and plaster, brick and weather board. Brick nogging, (brick infill) was often used in the 17th and 18th centuries to replace earlier wattle and daub or lath and plaster infill as it was longer lasting..

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Full Description

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 422449 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

House. Seventeenth century. Timber framed with rendered brick infill and slate roof. Two storeys. Road front: 13 x 3 cells of uneven small framing with angle braces to left and right and to the sixth upright from the left. To the ground floor are two 3-light, two 2-light and a single light casement windows, all of nineteenth or twentieth century dates. To the first floor is a 3-light gabled dormer window. Massive ridge chimney stack to left of centre. There is an outshut to the right hand gable end. The left hand gable end has a row of cells of small framing to the upper wall with angle braces and timber framing to the gable. Three-light casement windows to the ground and first floors, that at first floor level cutting through the tie beam.

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  • <1> Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 422449.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 593 476 (20m by 28m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ54NE
Civil Parish WRENBURY CUM FRITH, CREWE AND NANTWICH, CHESHIRE EAST
Historic Township/Parish/County WRENBURY CUM FRITH, ACTON, CHESHIRE

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Record last edited

Oct 8 2020 5:40PM