Description

FROXFIELD
SU 72 NW
9/16 Bydean Farmhouse
23/01/86
GV II
House. C17, early and late C19. Mixed walling; mostly flint (part coursed) with
brick and stone quoins, brick flat and cambered arches, plinth at 2 levels, cement
and roughcast rendering, tile-hanging to part of the upper floor, one fragment of
exposed framing, and a 4-light stone-framed mullioned window. Low-pitched hipped
slate roof, rear outshot with a steep tile roof. A timber-framed lobby-entrance
house of 3 bays, with south-west extension (early C19), and recladding of the C17,
early and late C19; south front of 2 storeys, 2.1 windows. 5 Victorian sashes and
2 casements to the front, casements (and one rear sash) elsewhere. 6-panelled door
in a plain frame, within a gabled trellis porch. Interior: the frame is exposed,
and there is a massive chimney-breast: one room has C17 oak panelling, and there is
a C17 oak staircase with turned balusters. The gateway to the plain flint fore-
court wall has simple brick piers and a wrought iron gate set within wrought iron
piers, with a cast-iron top (of the mid C19).

Listing NGR: SU7040126339

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26386829

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  For the Record
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy