Description

ACTON C.P. RAVENS LANE
SJ 65 SW
4/21 Madam's Farm house
12 January 1967
- II

Former dowerhouse of Dorfold Estate, now private house. Late C18 but
with earlier origins. Red brick, in English Garden Wall Bond to
facade, Flemish Bond to gables and rear elevation. Roof of slates in
diminishing courses. 3 storey, 3 bays. Projecting brick plinth.
Door with six fielded panels and fanlight above, in stone doorcase
with engaged Doric columns, triglyph dosserets and open pediment.
Sashes with exposed weight boxes, glazing bars, stone sills and flat
brick-on-edge arches. Gable end stacks and barge boards. The rear
(east) wing, which completes a "T" shaped plan, has a good oak boarded
door.
Interior: Six-panel doors on HL hinges and some wide boarded doors.
Some doors are hung on cranked butt hinges the blades of which are
morticed and wedged into the hanging stiles. Chamfered beams and
exposed joists.

Listing NGR: SJ6250452621

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q58816435

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)