Description

INSTOW
SS 43 SE
1/69
Orchard Farmhouse
II
Farmhouse. Mid to late C16 with C20 alterations. Rendered stone and cob. Slate
roof with gable end. Brick stacks to each gable end and front lateral hall stack
with offsets and brick shaft.
3 room and through-passage plan with 2 storey wing at right angles to rear of hall
incorporating stair turret and former salting house. C20 dairy to rear of lower
end with corrugated iron leanto roof.
2 storeys. 4-window range. C19/C20 fenestration. 2-light casements 4 panes per
light except at right end which is 6 panes per light. Horizontal sliding sash at
left end, 4 panes per light, otherwise C20 fenestration to ground floor. C20 brick
porch with slate roof. 4 panelled door, the upper panels glazed.
Interior: hall ceiling beam plastered over. Chamfered door surround with scroll-
stopped durns at head of stairs to room over salting house. C17 decorative
plasterwork cornice to gable end wall and opposing wall to chamber over parlour.
Moulded plasterwork cornice to chamber over hall. 3 mid to late C16 trusses over
hall and parlour with straight principals, threaded purlins and ridge purlin and
thin morticed and tenoned straight collar. The truss over the hall is slightly
smoke-blackened. Truss over lower end replaced in early C20 when a secondary
staircase for farm servants was introduced to give separate access to this end
chamber from the through-passage.

Listing NGR: SS4988830022

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26401441

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (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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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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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)