Description

MAMHEAD
SX 98 SW

5/307 Newhouse Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse 1830s, built for the Mamhead Estate and very similar to Broomhouse
Farmhouse, Ashcombe (q.v.), also part of the estate at one time. Whitewashed and
rendered ; end stacks on corbels ; slate roof, gabled at ends with curly
bardgeboards. Gothic style, unusual for a farmhouse of this date.
Plan: Single depth main block, 2 rooms wide with a central entrance porch and
principal rooms to left and right ; rear left service wing.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-bay front with a very steeply-pointed gabled 2
storey porch with curly bargeboards to the gable, the porch slightly corbelled out at
first floor. level with a 3-light stepped window in the gable. Original timber
mullioned windows. The right return, (the service wing), is 3 bays with a C20
concrete block porch into the service wing ; 3 first floor timber mullioned 2-light
windows, similar 4-light window to ground floior left, and 3-light window to the
right fo the porch. 1 window retains the presumably original glazing with diamond
leaded panes.
Interior: Not inspected.
Very unspoiled externally and an unusual example of an early C19 Gothic farmhouse.
Shown on the tithe map of 1839.

Listing NGR: SX9442680070

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26389896

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]