Description

CLOPTON CLOPTON GREEN
TM 25 SW
(West Side)
8/15 Catts Hill Farmhouse
16/3/66 (formerly listed as Catts
Hill Farmhouse and barn to
- II north)

Farmhouse. C16 with C17 and C18 additions. Timber framed with cement
render and a plain tiled roof. Two storeys with attic, 3-cell C16 plan
with 2 added C17 cells. Entrance front: projecting single-storey porch at
left of centre with a glazed door. All fenestration on this front of C19
or C20 date. Three-light C20 casement to left of the door and two 3-light
and one 4-light C19 casements. To the first floor are two 3-light, one 4-
light and one 2-light windows above the porch. To the ridge at left of
centre is a chimney stack with rectangular base with moulded top supporting
6 circular flues of richly moulded bricks showing lions, crosses and roses
in relief with acanthus leaves to the bases. At right, below the ridge, is
a single-flue C19 stack. At right is a C17 addition with two ground floor
3-light C19 casements. To far right is a C19 or C20 lean-to addition with
a 3-light casement. Right hand gable end: lean-to with two 2-light
casements at either side of French windows in the lean-to. To the first
floor is a 3-light casement. To the ridge at left is a cross-axial stack
with two diamond-section flues, largely rebuilt in the C20. Rear: 5-light
window to C17 portion at right with central glazed door. To left of this a
4-light, a 3-light and a 2-light casement of C19 or C20 date. To the first
floor are four 3-light casements. The C17 portion at left of this has a
stable door at right and at left of this a 3-light semi-dormer window with
flat head. The C19 lean-to at left has a 4-light bay window.

Interior: chamfered beams to the ground floor with jewelled and die-out
ogee end stops. Close. studded walling. Baffle-entry lobby has winder
staircase leading out of it with C19 treads. Jowled wall posts to first
floor and one 4-centered chimney arch with moulded brick surround. Wide
floorboards and 3 plank doors with moulded muntins.

Listing NGR: TM2157154517

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26281589

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
• 
  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
• 
  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)