Description

SO 76 SE MARTLEY CP B 4204 (n.e. side)

3/119 The Noak

12.11.51

GV II

Farmhouse. Early C17 with 1853 addition. Brick with ashlar and plaster
dressings, plain tile roof, multiple chimney stacks with diagonally set
shafts. Plan: front range of one room depth, built 1853, with roughly square
2 room deep C17 building behind. Front elevation: 3 storeys with ashlar gable
coping and quoins. Jacobethan style, 3 ranges of windows under gables with
stepped coping, outer in projecting breaks; the windows have labels, mullions
and Tudor arched casements, 2-1-2 on second floor, outer 3-light and central
angled bay to first floor, parapeted 1:4:1 light angled bays to ground floor;
tripartite verandah porch between outer breaks with panelled parapet and Tudor
arched openings; Tudor arched entrance with stopped lable, double leaf panelled
door. Bated on left return front: "IN 1853". Rear: 3 storeys with stone
coped parapet and ashlar plinth, 3 bands which rise over the windows as square
labels, reflected by similarly shaped projections to parapet; 3 windows with
plaster dressings, 2:1:2 lights to second floor; 2 cross mullioned windows to
first floor flanking a glazing bar sash with flush exposed sash box. Central
entrance with segmental head approached by semi-circular plan stone steps much
repaired in blue brick, cellar entrance to left with lintel of a single sand-
stone block. Lead downpipes to left and right. This was the principal residence
of the Nash family, of which the Worcestershire historian, Reverend Treadway
Russell Nash, was a member. There are traces of a moat to the south. (VCH, 4,
pp 290/291).

Listing NGR: SO7510860420

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26363131

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)