Description

ADSTONE BLAKESLEY LANE
SP55SE (South side)
1/26 Manor Farmhouse

- II

Farmhouse. Dated 1656, altered C19 and C20. Coursed squared ironstone, slate
roof, stone ridge and rear lateral stack. 4-unit plan. 2 storeys and attic;
7-window range. Main front to garden has 6-panel, part-glazed door to right of
centre with moulded wood surround, timber lintel and straight hood with
brackets. C19 horned sash windows of varying sizes, to ground and first floors,
all with timber lintels. Blocked door to right of existing door with small
rectangular window inset. Two 3-light chamfered stone mullion cellar windows to
right of centre. Buttress to left. Nogged brick eaves and stone-coped gables
with kneelers. Left gable end has 3-light first floor window with chamfered
stone mullions and hood mould, similar 2-light window to attic and datestone
above inscribed EH/1656. Interior has chamfered spine beams and 2 open
fireplaces back-to-back with stop-chamfered bressumers. Stone cellar. Collar
truss roof.

Listing NGR: SP5954551262

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26292770

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)