Description

MORETONHAMPSTEAD
SX 78 NE
2/76 Budleigh Farmhouse
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- II

Farmhouse. C17, possibly with earlier origins. Rendered granite rubble walls.
Thatched roof with gable ends. Rendered gable stacks, probably brick on stone,
rear wing has projecting rendered stone gable stack.
Originally a 2-room with central through-passage plan, each room heated by gable
end stack, larger left-hand room was probably the kitchen until a kitchen wing was
added in circa late C17 to rear of right-hand room. The right-hand end of the house
appears to have been rebuilt in C18. Originally there was a newel staircase in a
projection behind the gable stack of the left-hand room, this now been removed.
2 storeys, rear wing 3 storeys. 3 window roughly regular front of probably C20 3-
light casements with small panes, first floor centre is 2 light. Doorway slightly
to right of centre, C20 glazed door beneath rustic timber porch supported on posts.
To right of first floor centre is break in stonework where rebuilding occurred. At
rear of left-hand room is rectangular stair projecting adjoining stack with window
on gable end.
Interior contains only a few early features. Left-hand room has roughly chamfered
cross beam forked at the rear wall end. Fireplace has chamfered wooden lintel with
hollow step stops and brick oven in right-hand side. Probably early C18 pegged
roof with collars set into straight principals.

Listing NGR: SX7637585641

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26618856

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version