Description

SO 72 NW NEWENT POOLHILL

3/168 House, Walden Court

GV II

Farmhouse: C17, altered probably early C18, extended C19. Timber-framed, rendered panels, 2-panel high close studding to front: rendered walls or Flemish-bond brickwork to extensions: tiled roof. Main block with cross-wing on left: 2 storeys and attics. Main facade: windows generally 3-light mullion and transom, leaded lights. On left window, iron opening casement, in centre opening made for wider original window: studs missing on right. Extension sets forward: single-storey, flat-roofed canted bay, normal window. On right single-storey lean-to porch, single- light window, moulded eaves board, door on right return. Set back to original timber-framed wall: main posts and rail survive only on ground floor. Window in wider opening; C20 half-glazed door. Single storey brick extension beyond, masked by garden wall at right-angles to house. First floor: left end, jowl to main posts, window in wider opening; extension wider panels, window in centre, flat roof. Two windows in main block beyond, one in left half of larger opening, second replacing studs. Above, gable on left, 3 square panels with carved corner timbers; 2-light casement over, diagonal studs in triangles left, vertical in apex. Carved bargeboards, timber finials to apex and left eaves. Large brick chimney in centre gable behind main block ridge. To right eaves board as gable bargeboard: 3-light casement in gabled dormer, carved bargeboards, apex and eaves finials. Chimney from near eaves to right: crested ridge, hip on right, timber finial at apex. Interior not inspected. Groups with barn (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SO7302828862

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability