Description

ASHBURY
SU28NE
5/12 Odstone Farmhouse
10/11/52 (Formerly listed as Odstone
Farmhouse and farmbuildings )
- II

Farmhouse. c.1700. Rendered front with limestone quoins and dressings, chalk
and sarsen rubble to sides and rear; stone slate roof; brick stacks. Double
pile plan. 2-storeys with cellar and attic, 5-window range. Central C20 7-
panelled door has stone roll-moulded architrave; late C19 2-light sashes;
moulded plinth, string at floor level, moulded cornice. Late C20 two-light
casements at rear, also original 4-light window to 1st floor right. Door to
side entry has moulded architrave and flat hood with curved brackets over mid
C19 four-panelled door. Hipped roof, symmetrical end stacks and lateral stacks.
Interior: original 2-panelled and ledged doors. Staircase in central passage
gives access to cellar and side entry. Dog-leg stairs with landing; square
newels, closed-string, turned balusters of identical moulding to those at
Ashdown House c.1662. To rear is 1 storey back kitchen c.1700: Sarsen and chalk
uncoursed rubble; chalk quoins; stone slate roof; one brick gable end stack; 1
door, one window range: Interior has slate flag floor and near complete washing
and baking range, c.1700: from right to left is bakeoven, smoking box, salt
box, segmental arch over fireplace with original swing bar, steps to washing
copper lighted by gable dormer. C20 concrete block lean-to against east wall.
The farm was part of the Craven Estate, thus accounting for the use of the same
type of staircase as at Ashdown House.

Listing NGR: SU2708886171

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26300828

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)