Description

EAST ANSTEY EAST ANSTEY
SS 82 NE
2/8 Barton House and Farmhouse
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GV II
Barton house and farmhouse, in 2 occupations. The farmhouse to the left, appears to
be C18, the house, on the right built or possibly rebuilt in the early C19.
Rendered stone rubble. Slate roof, bituminized to right side with gable ends, and
tipped ends to rear wings. Brick stacks to each end of main range, small rendered
stack to rear right-hand wing, and 2 large stone rubble stacks with offsets and
tapered caps, to rear left-hand wing, one end stack, one lateral to outer face.
Plan: Overall U-shaped on plan. Barton House to right has principal room to each
side of entrance hall, with kitchen wing to rear right-side. Farmhouse to left has
2 room plan, with kitchen wing to rear left side which has a 2-storey leanto to its
outer face incorporating principal entrance porch. Barton House has higher roof
level.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Barton House has 4-window range. Early C19 fenestration
intact, all 16-paned hornless sashes. Off centre porch to second bay from left
with timber Ionic columns and entablature. Door of 2 leaves with panelled base,
glazed upper part. Barton Farmhouse has 2-window range of 16 paned sashes. Gabled
roof to stone rubble porch on left side.
Interior: Barton House has good quality C19 joinery, including panelled doors,
staircase, with wreathed handrail and stick balusters, and panelled shutters intact.
Principal room and entrance hall have moulded plaster cornices. Left-hand room has
typical C19 marble cnimneypiece. Barton Farmhouse interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SS8683626191

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26400518

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Recommended Books

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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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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]