Description

EAST WORLINGTON RUSHTON HILL
SS 71 SE
8/28
Rushton Farmhouse

II
Farmhouse. Circa early C17, later alterations. Cob and rubble, colourwashed rough
plaster; brick shafts to stacks; slate roof.
Plan : 3-room plan, lower end to right, hall to left at higher end with a front
lateral stack with an integral 2-storey hall bay; passage between hall and unheated
central room; kitchen to extreme right with a front lateral stack; central room with
later inserted stack at the lower end; front wall of the lower end of the house set
back, probably rebuilt; C19 wing at right-angles to the rear.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 1:1:1 windows; casements of several dates, most
C19, 2 to centre bay with close-set glazing bars. 2 door openings, one to passage
and one inserted into kitchen, simple plank doors.
Interior: the kitchen has 2 large axial ceiling beams, chamfered with large hollow
step stops, fireplace blocked; central room with 2 large axial ceiling beams, also
chamfered with large hollow-stepped stops; hall with ceiling with double-ovolo
moulded cross ceiling beam, and exposed original floor joists. Fireplace blocked
by C20 grate. Passage with a C19 straight-flight staircase.
Roof: replaced in the C19.

Listing NGR: SS7633612254

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26401107

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)