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Blythe Farmhouse

A Grade II Listed Building in Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.1526 / 52°9'9"N

Longitude: -0.1925 / 0°11'32"W

OS Eastings: 523761

OS Northings: 252025

OS Grid: TL237520

Mapcode National: GBR J50.05J

Mapcode Global: VHGMV.M533

Plus Code: 9C4X5R35+32

Entry Name: Blythe Farmhouse

Listing Date: 22 November 1967

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1128186

English Heritage Legacy ID: 52742

ID on this website: 101128186

Location: Gamlingay, South Cambridgeshire, SG19

County: Cambridgeshire

District: South Cambridgeshire

Civil Parish: Gamlingay

Built-Up Area: Gamlingay

Traditional County: Cambridgeshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire

Church of England Parish: Gamlingay St Mary the Virgin

Church of England Diocese: Ely

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Description


GAMLINGAY MILL STREET TL 2352 (East side) 11/79 No 51 (Blythe 22.11.67 Farmhouse) GV II

House. Initials SM and date 1670 possibly reset in late render over front door. Timber frame, rendered and tiled roof. Red brick ridge stack of four diagonally set linked shafts in line on rectangular base. T-plan with lean-to, probably later, in the angle. Two storeys and attic. Two, two-storey canted bays on either side of baffle entry doorway. Early C19 flush panelled door. Kitchen wing, also framed, rendered and tiled. Single storey. Later gabled stair turret and flanking lean-to to domestic addition. Inglenook hearths now blocked. In 1664 the house was owned by Stephen Apthorpe. It is possible that one initial is missing or has been removed.

RCHM: West Cambs mon (34) C Brown: Mss Notes (1985)

Listing NGR: TL2376152025

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