Description

ORLETON CP COMBERTON
SO 4967
10/93 Comberton Farmhouse
11.6.59
GV II

Farmhouse. Late C16 to early C17, remodelled late C18 with some 1980's
restoration. Timber-frame with rendered infill and slate roof. L-plan,
cross-wing extending to south, other range slightly offset extending to
east. Lobby entrance against stack in middle of east range. North front
of two storeys with gable-lit attic to cross-wing on right. First floor
four plus one windows, two 3-light casements to left, a fixed casement
and two 4-light casements. Ground floor has three plus one windows, the
outer two are 3-light casements, the others 4-light casements. The cross-
wing jetty is underbuilt in rubble, whilst the bay nearest this end of the
other range is jettied on scroll brackets. Entrance to right of centre in
subsidiary range with a shallow-pitched gabled slated canopy of plain wooden
posts with a 6-panel door. Framing: five square panels high, cross-wing
gable has a slightly projecting tie-beam with two collars and vertical
struts. Interior of cross-wing has traces of floral wall-paintings in
the north room on the first floor. Several triangular doorheads and exposed
chamfered and stopped-ceiling beams. (RCHM, 3, p 159, no 27).

Listing NGR: SO4970367758

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26357821

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Recommended Books

• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas