Description

SJ 46 SE WAVERTON C.P. THE VILLAGE
(East Side)

2/27 Church House Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse: c.1880 by John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster.
English garden wall bond orange brick with muted diapering. Red
sandstone dressings. Stone-coped, kneelered and finialled red tile
roof. 3 brick chimneys. 3-storey, 3-bay north front. Stone plinth,
quoins and moulded bands at sill and lintel levels. Dentil brick band
in top storey, stone copings, kneelers and finials. Central bay has
projecting gabled 3-storey porch with basket arched stone entrance
with moulded imposts. Half-glazed door and panels behind. 3-light
stone mullions above. Left end bay has pairs of similar windows in
ground and first floors and a single window in a coped gabled dormer
above. Simpler fenestration to right. All windows have applied lead
glazing. Extensive service range to rear.
Interior: Room to left of entrance has oak fire surround and panelled
fitted dresser. 4-panelled doors. Cheese oven with steel doors
behind kitchen fireplace.

An interesting neo-vernacular design whose detailing is strangely
sombre for Douglas.

Listing NGR: SJ4619163397

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26423635

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)