Description

LONG COMPTON MALT HOUSE LANE
SP2832 (South side)
11/105 Northdown House
13/10/66 (Formerly listed as Northdown
Farm)

GV II

Malt House Lane shown on Ordnance Survey map as Clarendon Street.
Farmhouse. Dated 1688, altered 1868. Limestone ashlar with quoins and coped
gables with finials. C20-tile roof with moulded stone ridge stack. 3-unit plan.
2 storeys plus attic; 4-window range of 2- and 3-light mullioned windows with
hood moulds and labels. One mullioned window is replaced by a 3-light casement.
One small chamfered light to far right. C20 plank door to centre-left with C20
porch. Further 2- and 3-light mullioned windows with hood moulds and labels to
left gable end. One 2-light mullioned window, casements and stair-turret
projection to rear. Moulded datestone with hood inscribed in bas-relief:
'H/RS/1688' in apex of left gable end. Tablet below dates restoration of house:
1868. Interior: one ovolo-moulded spine beam. Further chamfered spine beams with
ogee stops. Large open fireplace.

Listing NGR: SP2897632889

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26274364

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas