Description

Braughing village
TL 32 SE BRAUGHING FORD STREET
(east side)

5/17 No 7
(Farmhouse at Fordstreet
19.10.51 Farm)

GV II

Farmhouse. Probably C15 or early C16, altered in C17 and
extended in C19. Timber frame plastered with steep old red tile
roofs. Originally a E crosswing with hall range extending to W
and facing S. Hall part rebuilt in C17 as 2 storeys and attics
with a large central chimney backing onto the cross-passage near
the W end. A 2-storeys C17 gabled wing was added extending S
from the service end. An C18 square porch in the angle. The S
front has 3 windows arranged under 3 gables with a pilastered
doorcase with entablature into the porch. The old crosswing has
a 2-light flush casement window over a 3-light casement. The
gable lighting the attic of the hall range has a small 2-light
window and there is a 3-light casement window on each floor
below. The C17 wing has a Cl9 sash window above a large canted and
parapeted bay window with sashes. The gable end to the road has
an early C18 2-storeys canted bay window with leaded casements
and a small tiled gable over. (RCHM (1911) 68: RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL3942024925

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26396328

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Recommended Books

• 
  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide