Description

BERGH APTON COOKES ROAD, North
TG 30 SW side
Washingford House
2/21
25.9.51

GV II

Farmhouse, c1600 with extensive C18 and C19 remodelling. Colourwashed
brick, hipped roofs of black-glazed pantiles, steeply-pitched at rear.
Two storeys and two storeys and attic - attic storey added to front range
in C19. South front remodelled in early C19, six bays; sashes with glazing
bars and architraves. Segmental arches over ground floor and first floor
openings. Central canted bay in red brick added C20 re-using a tripartite
sash with segmental head and radial glazing bars taken from the east wall;
two side sashes with glazing bars. Castellated parapets to bay. Two ridge
chimney stacks, to the west a C19 stack with a single octagonal shaft, to
the east a stack of c1600 with three octagonal shafts on moulded bases;
one shaft with rib decoration. On the north side, two wings of two storeys
with hipped roofs at the original steep pitch; sashes with glazing bars,
some blind first floor openings. Segmental heads to ground floor windows.
Lean-to between wings with tall semi-circular headed staircase window with
glazing bars. In the east wall, an inserted entrance doorway with semi-
circular fanlight with radiating glazing bars, and panelled entrance door
and reveal. To the right hand side a tripartite sash matching that re-set
on the front elevation. One early sash with heavy-section glazing bars
on west wall, first floor level. Some first floor rooms with coved plaster
ceilings.

Listing NGR: TG3109001361

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26302587

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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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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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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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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)