Description

OVERBURY CP -
SO 9437 - 9537
9/101 Nos 43 and 44
GV II

Farmhouse, now divided into two dwellings. Early C19, altered c1880 and
c1905 probably by Ernest Newton for Richard Biddulph Martin. Coursed lime-
stone rubble, partly ashlar faced with ashlar dressings; plain tiled roof
with gable-end parapets, north end ashlar ridge stack and also ashlar stack
to south-east of main roof with two square shafts, frieze and moulded capping.
Two storeys and attic with chamfered plinth. Three bays; windows are all 16-
pane sashes, except for the windows on both floors of bay 1 and the ground
floor window in bay 2, which are blind. Main entrance to No 44 between bays
2 and 3 has a 6-panelled door. Two panels are raised and fielded and two are
glazed. The north gable end faces the main road and has a rectangular first
floor light with a moulded architrave and a similar attic light. There is a
substantial rear right wing which has a ground floor 4-light and a first floor
3-light chamfered mullioned window with hoodmoulds facing the main road. The
south gable end of the main range has a 4-light ground floor and a 3-light
first floor ovolo mullioned window with hoodmoulds and a 2-light attic window
with a chamfered mullion. There is an ashlar-faced brick late C19 rear left
wing and a rubble rear central wing, both of which are of a single storey and
attic. The present main entrance to No 43 is situated in the rear central wing.

Listing NGR: SO9570837318

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26357113

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (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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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)