Description

FOUNTAINS EARTH THROPE LANE
SE 17 NW
(east side, off)
3/7 Thrope House Farmhouse

- II

Farmhouse. Mid C18. Coursed squared stone, ashlar, Welsh slate roof.
Lobby-entry plan. 2 storeys, 6 bays. Raised quoins. 4-panel door in
raised quoined surround to bay 4. To left a 3-light chamfered mullioned
window. To right 2 windows of 2-lights with chamfered surrounds and
mullions. Left-hand bays with 2 windows in chamfered surrounds, central
mullions now missing. First floor: all windows are 2-light, and in
chamfered surrounds apart from that above door which is plain; 2 right-hand
windows retain mullions. Fenestration: C20 single-pane casements. Moulded
kneelers, moulded copings. End stacks and one to ridge, all have cornices.
Rear has gabled stair wing with Venetian window. Interior: right-hand room
has large segmental-arched stone inglenook fireplace with carved fielded
panels, on voussoirs and on each side an arched panel. To centre,rose
motif. A large stone dogleg staircase with splat balusters. Upstairs a
stone fireplace with eared architrave, frieze and moulded cornice.

Listing NGR: SE1019575106

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26443357

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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)