Description

BROADWOODWIDGER
SX 49 SW
6/44 Tredown
23.8.57
II
Farmhouse. Circa late C16/early C17 origins, thorough late C20 alterations and
partial rebuilding. Rendered whitewashed cob on stone rubble footings to the front,
rendered cob to the rear, slate roof gabled at the right end, hipped at the left end.
Rear lateral stack heating hall projects with 1 set-off, large projecting stone stack
at right gable end with cob chimney shaft, projecting rendered left gable end stack
with brick shaft.
The original plan was a 3 room and through passage with a 2-storey porch and a front
left wing to the heated inner room, the lower end also heated. The partition wall to
the passage and the original porch doorway have disappeared, probably during the late
C20 renovation. 2 storeys. 4-window front with an approximately central gabled 2-
storey porch and a front left projection which may have been a stair turret with a
roof hipped to the front. C20 doorway on the right return of the porch. 3- and 4-
light late C20 windows in altered embrasures have diamond-leaded panes, the ground
floor windows have flat brick arches.
Interior The hall fireplace has hollow-chamfered granite jambs and an ovolo-moulded
timber lintel with ogee stops. The remainder of the house has been thoroughly
modernised. Roofspace not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX4090392335

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26398641

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas