Description

SS 92 NE MOREBATH

2/123 Withywine Farmhouse
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II

Former farmhouse. Circa mid C17. Whitewashed rendered cob on stone rubble footings,
part of front wall said to be replaced in brick ; bitumen-painted slate roof, gabled
at right end, hipped at left end ; right end stack, back to back axial stacks with
tall stone shaft.
Plan: Single depth main range, 3 rooms wide, probably originally with a through
passage to right of centre with the hall and inner room stacks back to back. Rear
left outshut contains C20 stair ; single-storey lean-tos at each end of main range.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4 window front with a gabled porch and C20 front
door to right of centre into putative passage. Change in plane on front wall at
porch. Ground floor windows C19 or C20 small-pane 3-light timber casements ; first
floor windows 2- and 3-light C20 timber casements, 2 panes per light.
Interior: The lower end has an open fireplace with a steeply cambered lintel, stone
rubble jambs and a bread oven. The hall has a chamfered crossbeam with a long scroll
stop and an open-fireplace to left hand room. Ovolo-moulded lintel to doorway on
rear wall of hall.
Roof: Probably C18 collar rafter trusses, pegged at the apex with nailed collars
below a later roof structure.

Listing NGR: SS9607426979

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26400724

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Recommended Books

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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]