Description

SHALFLEET

SZ38NE THORLEY STREET 1354-0/5/266 Lee Farmhouse 18/01/67

GV II

Farmhouse. Early C17 or earlier lobby entrance house extended to south east in late C17 and altered in late C18 and early C19. L-shaped building of coursed stone rubble with tiled roof, the lowest course of stone slates hipped to south west wing and gable ended with kneelers to the other and 1 cement rendered and 1 brick chimneystack. 2 storeys and attics 3 windows to each wing. South west wing has casement windows. South east wing has 2 C19 cambered dormers. 1st floor has 2 12-pane C20 casements in original stone surrounds and central Venetian window. Ground floor has right side C19 sash with verticals only, left side C20 window and central doorcase with C18 stone surround but C20 door. C19 lean-to extension. South west front has former pump head converted into a rainwater head with the initials T.H and the date 1801. Interior has office with ovolo moulded spine beam late C17 round headed corner china cabinet with pilasters, 8 fielded panels and serpentine shelves and C17 stone fireplace. Blue Room, in the angle of the L, has an early C19 fireplace with engaged fluted columns and duck's nest grate, 2 reeded window surrounds with paterae and a similar doorcase with 6 panelled door. Early C19 staircase with square balusters and column newel and 2 panelled door. Roof has angled queen struts with through purlins and inserted ridgepiece. Kitchen has chamfered spine beam; stone mullioned windows and timber framed partition wall.

Listing NGR: SZ3804288603

External Links

• Wikidata Q26514317

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)