Description

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SJ 91 NW
3/1

ACTON TRUSSELL, BEDNALL AND TEDDESLEY HAY C.P.
ACTON TRUSSELL
Acton Hill Road
Brookhouse Farm Cottage and attached barn

(Formerly listed as Brookhouse and attached barn, ACTON TRUSSELL)

II

Farmhouse and barn. C17 with later alterations and additions. Red brick (English garden wall bond); plain tile roofs; brick integral end stacks. Aligned north-east/south-west, with barn to south-west and house to north-east. Barn to left, house to right.

Barn: One storey; three bays, blocked threshing floor doorway to centre, inserted sliding door to left, segmental-headed door and window to right; raised roof verges.

House: Main two-storey, single-bay house to left with C20 casements and gabled porch with shaped tile roof, and slightly lower single-bay extension to right of one storey and gable-lit attic, with segmental-headed casement. Main house has exposed timber roof truss to right hand gable with central vertical strut above the collar, one pair of purlins and ridge piece. Included as a rare example of an early enclosure farmstead.

Listing NGR: SJ9395418681

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26291029

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)