Listing Text:

750/3/128 THE STREET
24-SEP-51 WILLESBOROUGH
(Northeast side)
124 AND 126

(Formerly listed as:
THE STREET
WILLESBOROUGH
100 AND 102)

II
Former farmhouse, C15. Now two cottages.

MATERIALS: Close-studded first-floor with rebuilt brick ground floor. Clay-tiled roof.

PLAN: Continuous jetty house with hipped roof and massive central ridge stack.

EXTERIOR: The first floor is jettied on all four sides, with exposed joist ends and corner brackets. Additional support is provided by later stepped brick brackets. The front elevation is to the north and has four bays. Windows to the north are paired casements with pointed Gothic panes and ground floor windows have square hood-moulds. Doors are to the far left and right of the elevation and have arched Gothic doorcases.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION:
Nos. 124 and 126 The Street, a former C15 farmhouse is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Architectural interest: the building is a well-preserved example of a substantial continuous jetty house.
* Historic interest: the building displays late medieval vernacular building traditions, as well as later historic fabric of interest, such as the substantial ridge stack and Gothic style windows and doors.


The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5344 THE STREET (North East Side) Willesborough No 100 No 102 TR 04 SW 3/128 24.9.51. II 2. C15 timber-framed farmhouse, now 2 cottages. The 1st floor, which is close studded overhangs on all 4 sides on the protruding ends of the floor joists and corner brackets, though it is now supported by additional stepped brick brackets. Ground floor rebuilt in brick. Hipped tiled roof with massive brick chimney stack. 4 casements with pointed Gothic panes and hood moulding to the ground floor windows. Arched wooden doorcases.
Listing NGR: TR0397941864

English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.