Description

TM 05 NW
2/38
9.12.55

BUXHALL
MILL ROAD

Cottage Farmhouse

GV
II

Farmhouse, mid C16. 3-cell plan with lobby-entrance. One storey and attics.
Timber-framed and pebbledashed. Concrete plaintiled roof, once thatched; 3
C20 small-pane casement dormers with cusped bargeboards. An axial chimney of
red brick rebuilt in C19: 3 diagonally-set square flues on a sawtooth banded
base, a similar chimney at gable to left, and two others at rear. Gabled
early C20 porch at lobby entrance; the door is probably of C16 origin, of
battened plank construction with nailheads and good strap hinges. Some heavy
unmoulded framing; chamfered 1st floor beams, and at the right hand end a pair
of basecrucks which formerly supported a half-hip. A concealed mullioned
window remains in the gable. (c.p. Leffey Hall, Brettenham Road). The left
hand section appears to contain a slightly later extended service cell.

Listing NGR: TM0007957829

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26284492

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990