Description

SHERSTON EASTON TOWN
ST 8486-8586
7/101 Prater's Farmhouse
12.12.51
GV II

Former farmhouse, now country house. Early C17 with late C17 west
addition. Coursed rubble with stone dressings to windows and
gabled stone slate roofs with stone stacks. L-shaped plan with
early C17 range at right-angles to road and later C17 block
parallel to the west. Two-storey, 3-window core range and 2
storeys and attic, 3-window west front to late C17 block. Windows
to core range are 2-light cavetto-moulded mullions with small
leaded pane casements; windows to later block are 2 and 3-light
ovolo-moulded mullions with small leaded pane casements: strainer
arches over ground and first floor windows, 2 gables to outer attic
windows. Late C19 doorcase with gabled hood on brackets off-
centre to left in core range.
Interior. Extensive restoration retaining chamfered beams, 2
inglenook fireplaces (one in each range), some panelled C17 doors
and butt-purlin, tie-beam roof structure in late C17 block.

Listing NGR: ST8571086255

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26274248

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living