Description

EARDISLEY CP A 4112 (south side) SO 34 NW 6/48 Great Parton Farmhouse (formerly listed as 19.8.53 Parton Farmhouse) GV II Farmhouse. Early C17, extended early C18 with mid-C19 alterations. Part timber-framed with brick infill on rubble base with some brick refacing and coursed rubble walling, part handmade brick. Stone-tiled roof laid in diminishing courses, gable-end parapets with kneelers and tumbled brickwork to C18 part; brick ridge stacks, (stacks to main ridge rebuilt late C20) and also brick stack to north-west main roof. Original part is L-plan, composed of two-bay main range aligned north/south with external chimney at south end and having a single-bay north-east wing. A T-plan addition was built in the C18 at the south gable end enclosing the chimney and forming a lobby entrance at the centre of the east front. Two storeys, attic and cellar; chamfered plinth and three-course band at first floor level. Framing: original part has three and four rows of square panels exposed at first floor level. North-east wing has decorative concave lozenge detail at its gable end. Collar and tie-beam trusses with struts; north end truss has two collars. North-east truss has decorative concave lozenge detail. East front elevation: windows have cambered brick heads. Central range has one ground floor and two first floor 3-light casements. The left ground floor bay has a 4-light casement inserted into a smaller opening. Central entrance has a gabled timber porch and a 6-panelled door. C18 wing to left has a ground floor mullioned-and-transomed window at its gable end, a similar window on the first floor (now blocked and painted in) and also on the first floor in the angle with main range. The original wing to the right has a rectangular light on the ground floor. There is a C19 lean-to addition in the left angle with aledged and battened door; within it conceals a blocked window opening, and two blocked doorways. A similar lean-to addition in the right angle has been removed. Interior: original part has chamfered main ceiling beams. Central chimney has back-to-back fireplaces. Also recorded to have two early C18 fireplaces. (RCHM, III, p 56, item 60; BoE, p 120).

Listing NGR: SO3174048292

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