Pittsmead
Definition of Terms Used
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Bolection The projecting part of the moulding that surrounds a panel (or similar)
Bressummer A beam or girder over an opening, and supporting a wall.
Chamfered With the angles of the edge cut off or rounded off. A bevelled edge.
Mullion Upright division between window panes, especially of stone.
Ogee A moulding with an S-shaped section. Also described as an arch of double curvature - first convex then concave.
Palladian After the style of Andrea Palladio - a 16th century Italian architect.
Pilaster Rectangluar pillar, projecting from and supporting a wall.
Class I Two ground-floor rooms with a central chimneystack against which there is a lobby entrance, and often a stair. Thought to also be known as a "two-unit baffle entry".
Description
House of two storeys with attics,
which was built at two periods. The south west range has slate-hung timber
framed walls and a tiled roof and is of 17th century; the parallel north
east range, with brick walls and a slated roof is of c. 1850. Inside, the
south west range has a class-J plan. The south east room has a large fireplace
with a chamfered stone jambs and a chamfered oak bresummer; a single-storeyed
south east extension is of the later 17th century. The north east range
has a class-T plan and a symmetrical façade of three bays with plain
sashed windows and a central doorway.
This is a non-profit site maintained on an entirely
voluntary basis by residents of the village
