Description

HELMDON WAPPENHAH ROAD
SP54SE (North side)
5/31 Home Farmhouse and attached
04/02/87 dairy wing to rear
(Formerly listed as Home
Farmhouse)

GV II

Farmhouse. Early C17, remodelled mid C18. Coursed limestone rubble, slate roof,
stone end stacks. 3-unit plan. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window range. Central
ledged and studded door, hinged in middle, in moulded wood surround
with tear drops at base, and overlight above within 2-storey low gabled stone
porch. Porch has ironstone doorway with 4-centred head, cut spandrels and hood
mould, a sundial above dated 1853, a 2-light leaded timber oriel window to first
floor on stone brackets, moulded wood eaves and ironstone quoins. 3-light leaded
casement windows flank porch to ground and first floor, all with timber lintels
except for that to ground floor right which is flat-arched. Lower 2-storey wing
to left has C20 casement window to ground floor, back door and 2- and 3-light
casements to first floor. Long single-storey dairy wing projects to rear.
Interior has stop-chamfered spine beams, open fireplace with chamfered
bressumer, dog-leg staircase with turned balusters, a built-in early or mid C18
bureau with glazed cupboard over. Parlour has C18 timber chimneypiece with
carved frieze and fitted cupboard with shaped shelves and semi-coved head with
ornamental carving, flanked by pilasters; lead cistern inscribed "GF/1788".
Formerly roofed with stone slates (ridge survives).

Listing NGR: SP5898944204

Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)