Description

1.
5272 SMARDEN THE STREET
Vesperhawk House
(formerly listed as
Vestpherhawk Farmhouse
TQ 84 SE 13/27 14.2.67.

II

2.
Circa 1490. T-shaped timber-framed building. The north front and the ground
floor of the west front are close-studded with plaster infilling. The south
front has been refaced, the ground floor with stucco and weatherboarding, above
with tiles. The first floor of the north and east fronts oversails on the
protruding ends of the floor joists and brackets, but the ground floor of
the south front has been underbuilt. Hipped tiled roof with sprocket eves
cornice. Five casement windows. The west front has unusual windows with 4-centred
heads and the trace of a groove for the shutter, and a 4 centred wooden doorway
with spandrels containing a double petalled rose, indicating York and Lancaster
'composed' and the dragon of Cadwallader, the emblem of Henry VII's mother's
family.

Listing NGR: TQ8819342357

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26326491

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)