Description

BLAKESLEY ROAD 1. 5104 Yardley B25 Blakesley Hall (formerly listed under Blakesley Hall Road) SP 1386 SW 59/1 29.4.52 II* GV 2. Timber-framed farmhouse built by Richard Smalbroke in the last quarter of the C16 and subsequently added to. The ground floor with vertical studding; the upper storey jettied on huge brackets at the corners and with short diagonal struts to produce a herringbone pattern; tiled roof. Two storeys except the gabled crosswing on the left which has an attic storey in the gable which has square panels with quadrant braces to produce a lozenge pattern. Windows with leaded lights, 2, 3 even 4 mullions and, some of them, transoms too. The house seems from the beginning to have been ceiled at first floor level. A gabled stair turret in the angle between hall and crosswing balances the porch. This is also gabled and has the inscription OMN(1)P OTENS D(EUS) P(RO)TECTOR SIT DOM(US) HUI(US) RS. To the right, an C18 brick addition. To the rear, a mid C17 kitchen wing of painted brick. Inside the house, an upstairs room with a wall painting of circa 1600.

Listing NGR: SP1304286185

External Links

• Blakesley Hall at Wikipedia
• Blakesley Hall official website
• Wikidata Q4924644

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)