Description

CHERITON FITZPAINE
SS 80 SE
10/5
- Higher Perry Farmhouse
- II

House, former farmhouse. Mid C17, possibly earlier core, remodelled in C19.
Plastered cob on rubble footings; cob or rubble stacks topped with C19 brick,
thatched roof. 3-room plan house facing south with left (west) end breaking forward
slightly from main range. Gable end stacks to outer rooms (the right one projecting
from the wall) and axial stack left of centre serving middle room. 2 storeys.
Regular but not symmetrical 4-window front of similar late C19 and early C20
casements, all with glazing bars and some containing panes of original glass. The
first floor windows are half dormers with thatched gables over. The door is set
right of centre behind a C20 gabled porch. The outer rooms have plain chamfered
crossbeams but the central room has a C17 crossbeam with ovolo moulding and scroll
stops and a rubble fireplace with an oak lintel given a similar treatment. Roof not
inspected.

Listing NGR: SS8681704904

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26400841

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