Description

NORTH NIBLEY FORTHAY ST 79 NW 1/110 Forthay House II

Formerly farmhouse, now detached house. Late C17; C18 addition. Random rubble marlstone; brick chimneys; clay pantile roof, formerly thatched. Two-storey with attic; L-plan; single-storey with attic addition to return. Front: 5-window fenestration. All C19 casements to ground floor except for central timber mullioned casement; central and right windows to upper floor are leaded cross windows, 2 to left being C19 casements. Outer windows are paired with single timber lintel. Off-centre doorway with timber lintel and C19 plank door sheltered by gabled enclosed porch addition. West side: roof hipped at right-hand end. Single- window fenestration: 5-light timber mullioned fixed light to ground and upper floor with replacement concrete lintels. Two small-paned casements in extension to left; hipped-roofed single- storey C20 extension beyond. Rear: gable end of return to right with high coped parapet; attached outbuildng has brick gable end chimney stack and small-paned casement on east side. Scattered fenestration to rear of main block: iron ground floor casement to left; doorway to right sheltered by lean-to conservatory has heavy timber frame with 3-centred arched head and plank door. Central timber-mullioned 3-light leaded staircase window; upper floor timber mullioned casement to left and leaded cross window to right, all with timber lintels. Interior has many surviving features of late C17. Timber framed partitions have chamfered framing members to square panels. Chamfered beams have pointed bar stops with small cut-out enrichments. Contemporary staircase with turned balusters. Room on upper floor has doorway with original plank door complete with original decorated strap hinges. Roof largely rebuilt in C20, probably when thatch was removed. Remarkably unaltered except for roof.

Listing NGR: ST7431996304

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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)