Description

SK 15 SE PARISH OF FENNY BENTLEY BUXTON ROAD
5/33 (East Side)

5.2.1952 Cherry Orchard Farmhouse and
attached outbuildings

II*

Pele tower, now farmhouse. Medieval and late C17. Coursed rubble limestone with
sandstone dressings. Stone slate and plain tile roofs, stone coped gables with
plain kneelers at the south end and stone coped gable at the north end. Stone
gable end stacks. Two storeys. Three storey late Medieval tower projecting on
the west side. Angle quoins and at the north west corner a large buttress with
six set-offs. West elevation with a doorway to the ground floor and a doorway
above with chamfered surround and small opening above again. South elevation with a
later 2-light chamfered mullion window to the ground floor and a partly blocked
7-light mullioned and transomed window above. The crenellated parapet has been
removed. Original stone newel staircase inside. West elevation of the house, three
bays with a gable. Central doorway with stone surround and C20 wooden porch.
Flanked on the left by a 2-light chamfered mullion window and on the right by a
similar 3-light window. Central 3-light mullioned and transomed window above with
a similar 2-light window to the left and a similar 3-light window to the right. In
the gable above, a similar 2-light mullioned and transomed window. All the windows
have C20 diamond leaded lights. Two storey outbuildings attached at the north end.
It has been suggested that the tower is the gatehouse of the moated hall which
stood nearby.

Listing NGR: SK1760050181

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17545488

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Recommended Books

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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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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey