Description

GOSFORD AND WATER EATON
SP51SW
6/34 Northfield Farmhouse
- II
Farmhouse. Mid C18. Coursed limestone rubble with some squared dressings;
concrete plain-tile roof with brick gable stacks. Double-depth plan with rear
wing. 2 storeys plus attic. 3-window front has, to right of centre, a doorway
with a rectangular ornamental overlight below a flat canopy on shaped brackets,
and has a 12-pane sash above; outer bays have renewed tripartite sashes. All
openings have stone flat arches. Small early C19 addition to right has a canted
bay window in its end wall. Double-span main roof has gable parapets with
projecting kneelers. One stack retains a brick dentil cap. Sides and rear have
casements with heavy wooden lintels, some chamfered. Lower rear wing, returning
on left, has a gabled half dormer and a loft door with external brick steps.
Interior: fielded panelled doors and H-L hinges; open-string stair with ramped
handrail and turned newels. Formerly part of the Water Eaton Estate.

Listing NGR: SP5163513230

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26297893

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)