Description

SP 7992
10/77
7.12.66

MEDBOURNE
BROOK TERRACE (South End)
No. 8 (Bridge Dale Farmhouse)

II*

House. Dated 1709. Coursed squared stone with quoins and Welsh slate roof
with 2 moulded stone ridge stacks. Stone coped gables with kneelers. T plan,
staircase wing to rear. 2 storeys of 4 windows : 6/6 sash, 2 2-light wooden
mullion and transom windows with leaded lights and 6/6 sash. Central moulded
stone doorway and 6-panelled door up 3 stone steps. On left end a 6/6 sash,
2-light mullion and transom window over, and 2-light casement in attic. Extending
to rear and left a C19 1 storey wing. Inside are stone flags and a stone
bolection moulded fireplace in the hall, a contemporary staircase with turned
balusters, 2 bolection moulded pine fireplaces and an inglenook. One of the
fireplaces has probably early C18 paintwork : red marbling, now worn, and
small panels of plants and birds in gold. Over the doorway is a stone tablet
inscribed with 'G' over 'I.M. Anno Domi 1709', probably for John and Mary
Goodman. V.C.H., Vol. V.

Listing NGR: SP7995092793

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17539265

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas