Description

TL 28 SE UPWOOD AND THE RAVELEYS HIGH STREET
(East Side) UPWOOD
7/68 No 11 (Townsend Farmhouse)

GV II

Farmhouse. Late C18. Local yellow gault brick, English bond, with plain tiled roof with tumbled parapet gable ends on kneelers. Flush end stacks.
Contemporary kitchen and dairy wing at the rear forms L-plan. Cellar, two storeys and attic. Symmetrical facade of five flush frame twelve pane hung sashes, mid C19, under flat arches. Central doorway with shouldered architrave, pulvinated frieze and moulded cornice supporting a narrow hood. Six raised and fielded panelled door with three-light rectangular fanlight. Kitchen wing of similar brick with hipped, tiled roof and projecting side stack with offsets. Late C2O addition in re-entrant angle. Interior: Opposing front and rear doorway. The rear doorway is also late C18. Original staircase with moulded rail and square, fluted newels but with mid C19 stick balusters. Two late C18 shouldered fireplace surrounds one with pulvinated frieze, at first floor. One grey and one white marble fireplace, mid C19 at ground floor. Dormers removed.

Listing NGR: TL2604382925

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26456421

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability