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SANDON SANDON
TL 33 SW
7/97 Danyells
27.5.68 (formerly listed as
Daniels Farmhouse)
II*
Large house. c.1700 rebuilding of an earlier house extended and altered
in C19. Timber frame, rendered and roughcast. Exposed brick base.
Steeply pitched half hipped tiled roof. Double depth. 4 window front. 2
storeys and attics. Central entrance: 6 fielded panelled door in reveal
with fluted pilaster jambs, later bracketed hood. Flush frame glazing
bar sashes, smaller on first floor. Combed pargetting. Coved eaves.
Central 3 light hipped dormer. 2 stacks in central valley, that to right
rebuilt in C19, that to left recapped and multiform. Right end: cellar
openings, 2 ground floor sashes, 1 on first floor, 2 small 2 light attic
casements. Left end: a ground floor sash, 4 small first floor sashes, 2
small 2 light attic casements. Attached to left 2 low gabled outshuts,
that to rear a dairy with a stack and an entrance, lean-to to left. To
rear: steps up to central entrance with bracketed dentilled hood,
scattered sashes, that to ground floor right is tripartite, 3 light
stair window to centre. Interior: some exposed framing with cross
bracing, large scantling suggests C15 or earlier origins, ground floor
reset C17, ovolo-moulded panelling, stop chamfered binding beams, Open
well stair with original moulded handrail, closed string and square
newel posts. First floor: reset C16 clunch fireplace, 4 centred ovolo
moulded arch and jambs, outer square head, foliate spandrels with
shields. Clasped purlin roof. Moated site. (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL3238534210