Description

GLOUCESTER

SO81NW ST SWITHUN'S ROAD, Hempsted 844-1/3/446 (South side) Church Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. Mid/late C16 with C18 and early C19 alterations, including additional bay to left of c1800-1820 (shown on print of 1820). Stucco, over timber frame in part, and on brick; end-gabled roof with C20 pantiles replacing earlier tiles, two hipped roof dormers, two brick stacks. A long range with early C19 narrower extension to south (left). EXTERIOR: two storeys and attic; the front with irregular fenestration on both floors; late C19 entrance porch towards left hand end with shallow open gable and glazing to upper part; on the ground floor on each side of porch are late C20 windows in openings with infilled segmental arched heads; all other windows late C20. INTERIOR: retains good features. Stop-chamfered beams (with variety of scrolled and notched stops) to both floors and plank doors with strap hinges; the centre room (the left hand room of the original two-unit plan) has inglenook fireplace with bread oven; collar-truss roof with curved bracing and trenched purlins.



Listing NGR: SO8140816957

External Links

• Wikidata Q26561654

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings