Description

BONDLEIGH
SS 60 SW
5/7 Outbuilding immediately to east
of East Heywood Farmnouse
GV II
Outbuilding, originally probably detached kitchen to East Heywood Farmhouse (q.v).
C17 cob walls. Gable ended corrugated iron roof.
Plan: Rectangular 1-room plan with axial fireplace creating very small separate
area at left-hand end behind it. Stairs in projection at front of left-hand side.
Possibly extended at right-hand end.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical front with doorway to left of centre which has
C17 square-headed chamfered wooden doorframe. C19 plank door. The right-hand side
of the front wall is recessed. To the right of the doorway a pentice roof is
supported at the front on rough granite posts probably to shelter a pump or well.
Interior: Large fireplace with chamfered wooden lintel which may be re-used, one
oven survives at the rear and there is evidence of others. Two cross beams, both
chamfered, one with hollow step stops, one with straight cut stops.
This is a rare survival of a C17 detached kitchen wnich forms an important group
with the adjoining farmhouse from whose back door it is only several feet away.

Listing NGR: SS6453003566

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26399336

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings