Description

GARVESTONE REYMERSTON ROAD TG 00 NW 6/30 Guntons Farmhouse 4.12.51 - II* Former manor house. Late C16 and later. Timberframe with brick gable-ends and a replacement brick facade. Pantile roofs. 2 storeys with attic. C18 symmetrical facade of 3 bays at ground floor and 4 bays at first floor. 4 surviving 3-light mullion and transom casement windows beneath skewback arches. 2 C20 windows in original openings and a central panelled door with pedimented doorcase. Dentil cornice. Gable-ends in English bond with internal stacks and some surviving 2- to 4-light C16 hollow-chamfered mullion windows. Rear wall with a central timber framed stair outshut with a Victorian triangular headed window. Later lean-to outshut and some C20 brick facing. Interior. Timber frame of heavy scantling and high quality. Dogleg staircase of solid treads to first floor. Newel stair to attic. Long gallery at first floor clearly primary because arched braces spring from principal studs rather than from wall posts. Clasped purlin and queen strut roof with windbracing. Long gallery with a painted inscription probably of C16 date.

Listing NGR: TG0162906868

External Links

• Wikidata Q17553901

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)