Description

TL 30 NW BRICKENDON LIBERTY BRICKENDON LANE
(East side)

3/39 Sewards
24.11.66 (formerly listed as Sewards
Farmhouse and under Edwards
- II Green)

House. 1699, renovated 1901 for Pearson family estate ('1699/ERP/1901'
on rainwater head). Red brick with black headers in Flemish-bond, and
old red tile roof of 2 parallel ridges. Lead roofed glazed square timber
cupola on centre of roof. 2-storeys, attics and cellar, double-pile, end
chimneys, central entrance plan house set in own grounds facing W with
low extensions at rear and SE. Symmetrical W front has 5 windows to 1st
floor, corresponding windows on ground floor but central entrance. Box
eaves, plat-band, plastered plinth, heavy oak frames and metal casements
to leaded 2-lights windows, with segmental arches on ground floor.
6-panels fielded oak door in gabled timber porch up 4 steps. Built up
brick coping to gable parapets, 2 very large projecting S gable chimneys
with many tiled offsets and decorative terracotta pots. Smaller external
gable chimney at N. Attics lit by gable chimneys. Ogee cup and ball
finial to central cupola providing top light to stair. Interior, has
bolection moulded panelling, cornice and dado in ground floor front
room with late C18 cast iron hob grate. Exposed beam and fire lintel in
other front room. Cased beams on 1st floor and similar hob grate.

Listing NGR: TL3280408783

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26395448

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)