Description

HIGHAMPTON
SS 50 NW
3/94 Higher Longwood Farmhouse and
- adjoining barn to north-east
- II

Farmhouse. Circa early C18 with C19 addition. Rendered cob and rubble walls,
exposed to left gable end. Gable ended thatch roof, slate to rear wing and
corrugated iron to barn. Brick stack at left gable end and rendered brick gable end
stack to rear wing.
Plan: original range of 2-room plan, with heated room to the left. C19 1-room
wing built behind it. Barn at right-hand end also C18.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 2-window front of late C19 or early C20 small-
paned 2-light casements. Central late C19 or C20 gabled porch with decorative
bargeboards and C19 panelled and glazed door behind. Barn at right-hand end has
first floor loading hatch and door below to left with wider central doorway. Its
original roof structure survives consisting of straight principals with collars
halved and pegged on.
Interior of house has no original features visible.

Listing NGR: SS5002305212

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26399217

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas