Description

HALWILL
SX 49 NW
4/64 Brendon Farmhouse and adjoining
- Farmbuilding
II
Farmhouse. C17 or earlier origins. Cob on stone rubble footings, whitewashed and
rendered to the front, asbestos slate roof gabled at ends, formerly thatched,
rendered axial stack heating hall, projecting right end stack with stone shaft.
3 room and passage plan, the lower end a farmbuilding with loft over, the hall stack
backing on to the passage and the inner room heated. The rear outshut and front hall
projection are probably C18 additions.
2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4-window front with a C20 front door to the passage on the
left, and the hall projection gabled to the front in the centre. Fenestration of 2-
and 3-light C20 casements with glazing bars. The farmbuilding adjoining at the left
end has a doorway on the front below a loft entrance.
Interior The hall has C17 chamfered stopped ceiling beams and a C17 fireplace with
granite jambs and a timber lintel supported on projecting corbels with rounded
profiles. A doorway to the left of the fireplace leads into a C17 or C18 stair.
Roofspace not inspected but may be of interest.

Listing NGR: SX4250299892

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26458562

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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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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990