Description

TL 2167-2166
6/5, 7/5
24.10.51

OFFORD CLUNY
HIGH STREET
(EAST SIDE)
No. 153 (MANOR
FARMHOUSE)

GV
II

Late C16 farmhouse with gable end to road, enlarged in the early
C17 by the addition of jettied wings. Late in C17 the two
storey range to the road was added and this was extended by one
bay to the South. Late C16 house timber framed and rendered.
Plain tile gabled roofs with original red brick ridge stack.
One storey and attics. The North side has a five gabled oriel
window at first floor. Of three leaded lights with cyma and
roll moulding to mullions. The ground floor casement is also
original. In the early C17 the stair turret on the North side
was added. Jettied on two sides with dragon beam at angle.
Gabled roof parallel to C16 range. At about the same time the
South wing was added. Of one bay, jettied. C18 horizontal
sliding sashes, one to each floor. The late C17 Northwest wing,
facing the road, is also timber framed and rendered. Plain
tiled with large projecting stack to rear wall. Two storeys.
Each storey has three late C17 or early C18 casements of three
leaded lights with smaller header lights. The entry is now in
the South wall of the C16 house. Interior. C16 house of three
bays. The hall has a large, sealed inglenook and the chamber
above also has a hearth. This chamber originally had a window
in the South wall, but this was blocked when the jettied bay to
the South was added in the early C17. The ground floor room of
this bay has C18 panelled cupboards with a dentilled cornice.
the late C17 North West wing has a large inglenook at ground
floor.
R.C.H.M. (Hunts), p187, mon.3

Listing NGR: TL2193367004

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26423385

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]