Description

ST 20 NE MEMBURY WEBBLE GREEN LANE 2/414 8.5.67 Land Farm House GV II

Farm house. Circa early C16, the lower end rebuilt in early C17, datestone on west gable end '1629' and "H.M.overB". Stone rubble house. Thatched roof with gabled ends. Left hand gabled wing to north east forming L-shaped plan. Two storeys. Three window range. Three and four-light ovolo moulded stone mullion windows with hood moulds. Doorway to left of centre with modern thatched porch. To left an external stone chimney stack with set-offs and window inserted. Brick chimney stack over west gable end. Wing to north east has eyebrow dormer. Oven projecting at west end. Circa C18 wing at rear (south). Interior: Plank and muntin screen to cross passage has been replaced by modern copy. Open fireplace at lower (west) end with heavy timber bressummer continued over arched doorway to side. Stone arched opening to oven inside fireplace. Birthplace of Thomas Wakley 1795-1862, surgeon and medical reformer, founder of 'Lancet' and MP for Finsbury 1835-52. Report in NMR.

Listing NGR: ST2607705142

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets