Building record 1093400000 - POND COTTAGE, 15 ORCHARD WAY, BOTTOLPH CLAYDON

Grade II. House. C15, altered C17, extended to south C18 and C20, and to north late C19. 2 centre bays are timber framed with colourwashed brick infill, the right bay with 2 cruck trusses. Late C19 bay to right is of rat-trap brick, C20 extension to left is of colourwashed render with planked half-timbering. Thatched roofs, brick chimneys, that to right of C15 bay with thin brick. Late C19 bay is of one storey, remainder of one storey and attic, with varied roof heights. Irregular C20 wooden casements. Rebuilt lobby entry to right of C15 bay. Fireplace dated 1643 (B1).
4 cruck trusses with elbowed blades. Source: A.G. Taylor (B2).
Historic building recording and dendro-dating in May 1990 suggests that the building originated as a two-bay hall house with the open hall in bay 1 and a chamber in bay 2, only part of which survives, along with two cuck trusses. Truss 1 has blades truncated for a half-hip ('type V') with a collar and tiebeam and part of the half-hipped roof structure survives within the later south extension. Ttruss 2