Description

PARKHAM
SS42SW
6/168 Halsbury Farmhouse
20.2.58 and attached
outbuilding (formerly
listed as Halsbury
Farmhouse)
GV. II
Farmhouse. 1659 datestone (reset) to wing on right; wing to left
altered in early C18. Coursed slatestone rubble; gabled asbestos
slate roof, with slate roof to rear; rendered stone ridge stack
to left; rendered stone rear lateral stack. L-plan with front
right wing: dwelling is contained within main wing to left, which
is of 3-unit plan with rear lateral stack to central parlour to
right of hall. 2 storeys; 5-window range. Late C19 six-panelled
(2 glazed) door set in mid C17 moulded wood architrave. Flat
stone arches over C20 windows to right, early/mid C18 twelve-pane
sash with thick glazing bars above door, and two early C19
six-pane sashes to left; timber lintel over late C19 horned
plate-glass sash to left. Wing projecting to front right, a
former outbuilding and now used as a cowhouse: left side wall has
doveholes, timber lintels over mid/late C19 three-light casements
in blocked doorway, timber lintel over C19 six-pane casement to
first floor on left; front wall, of 3-window range, has timber
lintel over C20 door, loft door above, C20 window to right and
blocked window; 2-storey projecting bay to right. Two C19
outshuts to rear. Interior of house, in range to left: mid C17
chamfered beams to ground-floor rooms on left and to centre, the
central room having a mid C17 plaster cornice; room to right has
mid C17 ovolo-moulded stone fireplace, mid C18 plaster cornice
and quatrefoil-shaped plaster panel to ceiling. First-floor has
mid C18 plaster cornice. Cl9 panelled doors: panelled doors with
fielded panels are mid C18, including door with C17 S-scroll
hinges opposite front door. Roof not inspected. Outbuilding to
right has chamfered beams, and C17 joists of large scantling to
projection on right.

Listing NGR: SS4142821969

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26399087

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Recommended Books

• 
  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)