Description

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SK 18 SE
7/67

PARISH OF HOPE
ECCLES LANE
Eccles House Farmhouse

(Formerly listed as BRADWELL LANE (West Side) Eccles House Farmhouse)

GV
II

Farmhouse. Dated 1814. Coursed ashlar and gritstone with gritstone dressings. Welsh slate roofs with stone gable end stacks and stone eaves stack. Two storeys, double range plan. South elevation of three bays, ashlar faced with angle quoins. Central doorway with bracketed stone hood. Raised and fielded panelled door with glazed overlight. Flanked on each side by glazing bar sashes, set in raised stone surrounds. Three similar windows above. North elevation has a doorway with lintel dated 1814.

To the right, a two-light square section flush mullion window, the lintel inscribed DAIRY ROOM. Similar window above missing its lintel, the sill inscribed CHEESE ROOM (these windows were inscribed Dairy and Cheese Room in order to avoid paying window tax). East elevation with two large four-light square section flush mullion windows.

Listing NGR: SK1733182648

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26415080

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Recommended Books

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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)