Description

NORTHLEW NORTHLEW
SX 59 NW
9/243 Hillside
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GV II

Small house. Mid C17 with C19 additions. Rendered cob and rubble walls. Gable
ended thatched roof. Stone stack at each end (both with brick shafts) the left-hand
one has a moulded dripcourse.
Plan: 2-room plan,originally larger heated room to the left and unheated room to
the right. Straight stair in passage may not be a later insertion. Outbuildings at
left-hand end originally stable and smithy. C19 outshuts added at front and rear.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 1-window front with C19 outshut at centre and
C20 glazed porch built against its left-hand side. C20 2-light casement to left on
each floor. Lower outbuilding range at left-hand end.
Interior: roughly chamfered closely-spaced ceiling beams. Fireplace has dressed
stone jambs and a roughly chamfered wooden lintel. Roof consists of collars lapped
and pegged onto straight principals - all the timbers are blackened but it is very
unlikely to be smoke-blackening.

Listing NGR: SX5064699026

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26399156

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)