Description

TL 72 NW SHALFORD EWEN BRIDGE ROAD
(west side)

3/56 Ewen Bridge Farmhouse,

21.12.67

GV II

Wrongly shown on OS map as Ironbridge Farm. House. C16, altered in early C19.
Timber framed, plastered with framing exposed, roofed with handmade red clay
tiles. 3-bay main range facing E, 3-bay crosswing to left, and internal stack
at the junction. C18/C19 internal stack at right end of main range. 2 storeys.
Ground floor, one C20 casement, one C20 splayed bay, one early C19 sash of 16
lights. First floor, 3 early C19 sashes of 12 lights and one of 16 lights.
Early C19 half-glazed door in gabled porch. Crosswing jettied at front but
underbuilt, bracket exposed at left side. Another gabled porch on left return
wall. Interior inspection refused in October 1984. RCHM 38 reports a moulded
beam in the middle room of the ground floor, fragments of re-used C16 panelling,
and original roof with collar-beams, principals and wind-braces, dated as early
C16. The name Ewen Bridge is claimed to be derived from early documents,
pre-dating the iron footbridge 150 metres to the NE.

Listing NGR: TL7305928575

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26416483

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)