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Latitude: 51.9831 / 51°58'59"N
Longitude: -0.3948 / 0°23'41"W
OS Eastings: 510335
OS Northings: 232840
OS Grid: TL103328
Mapcode National: GBR H5B.P09
Mapcode Global: VHFR2.3FM4
Plus Code: 9C3XXJM4+63
Entry Name: Manor Farmhouse
Listing Date: 10 January 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1113759
English Heritage Legacy ID: 37641
ID on this website: 101113759
Location: Higham Gobion, Central Bedfordshire, SG5
County: Central Bedfordshire
Civil Parish: Shillington
Traditional County: Bedfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bedfordshire
Church of England Parish: Higham Gobion
Church of England Diocese: St.Albans
Tagged with: Farmhouse
TL 1033 3284 HIGHAM GOBION
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Manor Farmhouse
GV II
House. C16, reworked C20. Timber framed construction with colourwashed
roughcast render. Clay tile roof. H-plan, central block of 2 storeys and
attics, cross-wings of 2 storeys. Windows are mostly early C20 casements with
leaded lights, including a rectangular bay to the ground floor of the LH
gable, and gabled dormers to the central block. Tall staircase window to LH
of central block. Central block has C20 glazed door within open porch with
flat hood, and part-glazed double doors flanked by side-lights. Red brick
external multiple stacks to side walls of both cross-wings. Interior: ground
floor room of LH cross-wing has late C16 fire surround. This is of wood. and
has coats of arms in wood inlay belonging to the various branches of the
Butler family. The coat of arms in the central pedimented bay belongs to
Henry Butler (d.1608), who probably installed the chimney piece.
Listing NGR: TL1033532840
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