Description

SP 90 NE
7/166

WIGGINTON
ROSSWAY
(West side)
Farmhouse at Rossway Home Farm

GV
II

Farmhouse. C16 E crosswing, W part rebuilt in C17 with large internal
chimney and lobby entrance, W wing brick fronted in C18, rest brick
fronted, porch added, and roof altered at rear to extend over rear
outshut after 1841 Tithe Map. Small E extension c.1984. Timber frame,
brick fronted, roughcast and painted brick. Steep front roof slope in
old red tile but flatter rear slope slated. A 2-storeys house facing S
into N yard with 2 1st floor 3-light casement windows and 4 ground floor
2-light casement windows with segmental arches and brick gabled porch in
middle to boarded door. Small central window over porch and straight
joint for full height of brickwork to LH of porch. Elaborate late C17
red brick chimney of staggered square shafts with projecting pointed
nib on E side and oversailing moulded cap. Exposed framing inside with
axial beam to floor of W part, jowled posts, wide-spaced wall framing,
clasped-purlin roof, and mortices for wind-braces now removed from E
wing.

Listing NGR: SP9584007354

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26346426

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)