Description

SS64SE EAST DOWN

3/2

Northcote Farmhouse and
Northcote Farm Cottage

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SS64SW EAST DOWN

3/2
Northcote Farmhouse and
Northcote Farm Cottage

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SS 64 SE EAST DOWN

3/2 Northcote Farmhouse
- and Northcote Farm Cottage

- II

Farmhouse, formerly manor house, now house and cottage and attached barn. C16
or earlier house, with C15/C16 fabric, perhaps a solar, in 2 storey building at
right angles right-hand rear. Single depth plan. 2 storeys, 3-cell, the roof
of the main house raised with asbestos tiles to rear, slates to front. Rubble
stone with gable ends and stone stacks. Plaque: RR 1737 on left-hand cemented
stack referring to the date of alterations. Tall rubble stone stack rising off
rear wall with inward sloping cap above weathering, with latter outshuts across
the rear of varying heights, one formerly a dairy. 4 timber sashes with glazing
bars, 18 panes per sash, one with horns, above 2 inserted French windows, C20
porch added and sash window with glazing bars at upper end to front. Rear
outshut with irregularly spaced 4 pane timber windows on ground and first floor
to left of door. A 4-bay rubble stone built barn C19 with slate roof at right
rear. Cart entrance with timber lintel and pair of timber doors. Loft door to
right. The 2 storey building between house and barn contains an open raised
cruck couple with moulded cavetto and cyma blades reducing to square sections
above a shouldered joint with high cambered and moulded collar, perhaps with
remaining strut, the whole forming a 4-centred arch. Diagonally set threaded
ridge and 3 tiers of unmoulded purlins. Tudor arched moulded timber first floor
fireplace beam backing onto rear of house with door to left of fireplace. The
cruck may be reset.

Listing NGR: SS6048842839

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26400959

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)