Description

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BALTERLEY
BACK LANE (east side)
SJ 74 NE
8/13
Balterley Hall

2.12.52

II

Farmhouse. Probably early C17, considerably restored circa 1870. Red and blue chequered brickwork (Flemish bond) with sandstone ashlar plinth, quoins and dressings; slate roof with stone coping to shaped gables; brick ridge stack and external end stack. Aligned north-east/south-west facing south-west with an irregular north-west elevation. South-west front: three storeys, and an attic within the gable. Three-bays: C19 cross casements with moulded sills and cyma recta moulded dripstone strings; the string over the second floor windows is raised over a lozenge shaped datestone, now indecipherable. Three-light stone mullioned windows to ground floor with rebated surround. C19 doorway to the right with three-centred head. Late C19 wing attached to the right. Two storeys. Two cross casements with straight hoodmoulds to ground floor, and a six-light casement to
the first floor. North-west front: Single-bay projecting gabled wing to the left of two storeys and attic. Four-light chamfer mullioned window to ground floor with rebated surround; C19 cross casements above. Immediately right of the wing are three-storeys of single-light windows; the ground floor one has a rebated surround and is matched by a similar window further to the right. South-east front: Gable of C19 wing to the left. Right of this is the C17 range of three storeys, and three bays of C19 cross casements.

Listing NGR: SJ7639549972

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26290263

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)