Description

SU 19 NW KEMPSFORD DUNFIELD

7/87 Dunfield house

II

Former farmhouse, large detached house. Probably late C17/early
C18, with earlier small wing to rear, possibly mid-late C17.
Coursed rubble stone with alternating flush quoins, stone slate
roof with stone stacks with offsets. Double range of 2 storeys and
attic, with small 2-storey linking unit to earlier wing of single
storey and attic, possibly original farmhouse on site. Main front
to west has 3 windows, 3-light stone mullions in plain stone
frames. Right-hand end has been added probably in C19 with quoins
instead of plain frame. Ground floor has two 3-light stone
mullions and originally central door between with C19 gabled porch
with chamfered depressed stone arch and keystone in front of
original door frame with square chamfered arch. Inner C19 door
only. 3-light stone mullion and transom on far right in C19
addition which projects beyond rear range. 2 small gabled dormers
with paired wooden casements.
Interior retains several chamfered and stopped beams and large
stone bressumer fireplace in front range. Small wing to rear has
4-light stone mullion and single dormer to north side. Interior
has large corner fireplace in ground floor (one room only) with oak
bressumer, and chamfered and stopped Tudor arch fireplace above.

Listing NGR: SU1447297676

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26448874

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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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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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)