Description

ST 96 SE BROMHAM HAWK STREET

4/20 Lower Hawk Street Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse, C17, roughcast with ashlar dressings and slate roof. Two storeys and attic, T-plan with ovolo-moulded stone mullion windows. Main range has left end stack, 4-light and 2-light upper windows, 4-light ground floor window with dripstone and 6-panel door in gabled timber porch. Between upper windows, an ashlar plaque, possibly a sundial with 2 Baroque capitals above similar to those on No 11 Church Street, Lacock, which are said to come from the demolished Bowden Park of c1684, and those on Rowde Hall, Rowde (q.v.). To right, crosswing projects with 4-light windows with king-mullions to main floors, dripstone over lower window, first floor dripcourse. Attic has timber 3-light leaded window with carved lintel. Side wall stack. Main range end wall has blocked 2-light attic window and sash window to main floors, in ovolo moulded frames. Door to left. Rear of crosswing has exposed timber framing on inner side and one upper window with carved timber lintel. Brick hipped extensions beyond. Main range has brick rear addition.

Listing NGR: ST9701064296

External Links

• Wikidata Q26496278

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)