Description

SJ 87 NE OVER ALDRRLEY C.P. HOCKER LANE (North Side)

5/170 Fittontown Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse: dated 1631 with refenestration early C19 and alterations to roof C20. English garden wall bond red and purple brick. Buff sandstone plinth and quoins, Welsh slate roof, central brick chimney. Square in plan with front porch. 2-storey symmetrical 3-bay front. Band at 1st floor has cyma-moulded. stone in the quoining and moulded bricks in the band. End bays have large 3-light wooden mullioned and transomed windows with glazing bars, the central part of which slides horizontally or is hinged, under cambered brick heads below; segmental above. Central projecting formerly 2-storey gabled porch (now reduced with a raking roof). Chamfered wooden doorcase with later framed and boarded door with original strap hinges. Datestone above is broken but reads R 1631. ` Interior: unusual plan around central stack with baffle entry behind door. Bead moulded ceiling beams. 3-board door with long fishtail strap hinges.

Listing NGR: SJ8789675586

External Links

• Wikidata Q26432434

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)