Description

CLANFIELD MAIN ROAD
SP2801-2901 (East side)
8/30 The Firs and attached barn
GV II

House and attached barn. Circa 1792 (datestone on barn) with C19 additions and
alterations. House: Roughly coursed limestone rubble with alternating angle
quoins; stone slate roof. 3-window front; mid-C19 horned 8-paned sashes with
chamfered wood lintels. Central entrance; flush 6-panel door (upper panels now
glazed) under light iron porch with C19 fleur-de-lys cresting said to have been
placed there in C20. Integral end stacks with red brick shafts, rendered to
right. C19 two-storey lean-to to rear on right links main range with originally
separate single-storey gabled outbuilding (former wash-house). Barn, attached to
left, has C20 garage door to right and infilled openings to left. Datestone
"H/IS/1792" to left gable end. Interior of house has chamfered spine beams to
ground-floor rooms with inglenook fireplace to left. Double-purlin collar and
tie-beam roof in 5 bays. Double-purl in collar truss roof in 3 bays to barn,
right truss also with tie-beam.
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Listing NGR: SP2855501981

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26305127

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments