Description

SO 76 NE ASTLEY CP ASTLEY TOWN

3/50 Astley Town House

29.7.59

- II

Former farmhouse. Late C16 - early C17 with later additions. Timber-
framed, partially bricked on ground floor; painted brick and lath and
plaster infill to panels, tiled roofs. Roughly F-plan with end projecting
cross-wing at west; central triple stack and later external stack to main
range, external stack to cross-wing; cross-passage behind main stack.
Main range of 2 bays with 1 gabled bay, projecting cross-wing of 2 bays.
North elevation, 2 storeys and attics in gables; 2 gables one to right of
centre and one in projecting cross-wing to right, both containing 2-light
leaded casements, irregular fenestration 3 windows to first floor, one in
centre housed in small gabled projection with small external stack. Ground
floor obscured by later brick lean-to has C20 windows and door. East gable
has painted brick ground floor and 3 C19 casements with segmental heads, one
4-light window on first floor. Lean-to at rear. Framing: square panels
roughly 2 from mid-rail to eaves, at rear framing largely complete with
2 panels from sill to mid-rail; V-struts in gables. Timber weathering over
windows. Interior: remains of former C17 staircase with twisted balusters -
from first floor to attic. Large inglenook backing on cross-passage.

Listing NGR: SO7944068187

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26449324

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)