Description

SO 38 SW LYDBURY NORTH C.P. ACTON

9/96 Acton House Farmhouse and former cartshed adjoining to south-west

GV II Farmhouse and former cartshed, now garage. Mid to late C17 with C19 additions and C20 alterations. Rendered timber frame on coursed limestone rubble plinth, C20 planted timbers, coursed limestone rubble additions (partially painted) rendered to north-west, and slate roof. 2 or 3 framed bay lobby-entrance type house later extended to south-west to form L-plan. Framing: square panels, 3 up to wall plate; short straight braces. 2 storeys, and attic. Gabled dormer with 2-light casement to south-west, brick ridge stack above blocked door to south-east, and integral coursed limestone end stack to south-west. South-west front: late C19 two and three-light wooden casements, transomed on ground floor; 6-panelled door to left (top 4 panels glazed) with moulded architrave and hipped C19 wooden lattice porch in angle. Left-hand return front: small first floor casement and ground floor C19 wooden mullioned and transomed window. North-west front: 3-window front; C20 metal casements, central half-glazed door with C20 gabled glazed porch. Former cartshed and loft: south-east front: first floor 2-light casement to right, ground floor casement to right, half-glazed door to left, and large C20 garage door to far left; boarded loft door in gable-end to south-west and lean-to at rear. Interior: chamfered and stopped beams and joists; timber framed square-panelled partition in former cartshed with loft.

Listing NGR: SO3145084882

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments