Description

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5410 BLUNSDON ST ANDREW THE STREET

Lower Village
Broad Blunsdon
SU19 SW 4/88
Large's House

II GV

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House, formerly Farmhouse. c 1697. Rubble walls, red brick quoins and
dressings rendered to front, generally colourwashed. Artificial stone
slate roof, brick stacks. Original building of 2-room plan, entered via
lobby behind right-hand gable stack, stair to front of stack, but main
door originally to centre of front elevation. Extended by 1 room to right,
and by 2 gabled blocks to rear, in C19. 2 1/2 storeys. 2 + 1 bays to front,
those to the left having sashes with glazing bars. Central door blocked,
now a window; door to right of centre,in place of window, entered via porch.
At right hand end of C17 block, two small oak framed windows with chamfered
mullions, formerly lighting stair, 2 lights to ground floor, and one to
first floor. Altered casement windows to C19 right hand bay. Two gabled
dormers, 3 chimneys, those to left late C17, the upper courses rebuilt C20.
Open fireplace to left-hand ground floor room has ornamented stone fire-back
dated 1697, reset but probably primary to the house. An interesting example
of the transition from C17 lobby entry to C18 central stair plans, the
facade being made symmetrical save for the small windows lighting the stair.

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1.
5410 BLUNSDON ST ANDREW THE STREET
Lower Village
Broad Blunsdon
Large's House
SU 19 SW 4/88

II GV

2.
Former farmhouse. Datestone 1769. Two and a half storeys rendered with ashlar
quoins and quoined dressings. Modern bradstone tile roof. Three brick chimneys,
2 with moulded capping. Two gabled dormers. Two+one bays, the 2 left hand
bays having glazing bar sashes. Central door, blocked, now a window, door with
trelliswork to right of centre. One range of altered casement windows in early
C19 right hand bay, 2 gabled extensions to rear (one had dormer with lead lattice
window). The date 1769 is on fireplace inside. Bread oven.

Listing NGR: SU1458491278

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26274313

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)