Description

Benington
TL 32 SW BENINGTON TOWN LANE
(north side)

4/12 No 105
(formerly listed as
24.11.66 The Old House
(Benington Place)

- II

House. Late C15 or early C16 open hall house, S end bay later.
Timber frame on brick plinth (renewed), roughcast with a steep
old red tile roof. A long 2-storeys house facing W. Middle part
formerly open to roof with smoke-blackened rafters. N end
storied of same date. S bay added. 2 central chimneys, one
cruciform and one T-shaped. 5 windows balanced front with 2-
light casement windows above and 3-light windows below. 2 hipped,
tiled porches (one infilled). Gabled rear stair tower and wall
timbers exposed inside rear outshut. Close-studding with curved
tension bracing and wind braces in side purlin roof. 4-light
diamond mullioned window on 1st floor with sliding shutter
(renewed). Lengths of early C14 moulded beam re-used as mantels
on ground floor with carved foliage and shields with de Benetade
arms, probably from restoration of chancel of St Peter's parish
church in C19. (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL3061923304

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26394816

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)