Description

TF 1210-1310 MARKET DEEPING TOWNGATE EAST
(north side)

12/183 Towngate Farm House,
farmbuildings, wall
30.10.68 and railings
(formerly listed as
Towngate House)

G.V. II

Farmhouse, farm buildings, wall and railings. Early C19.
Coursed limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings. Slate
roof with stone coped gables, ashlar stacks to rear, cast iron
railings. 3 storey, 3 bay front with plinth and 3 cill bands.
T-plan. Central 6 panelled door with Gothick overlight in
pointed moulded stone surround and 2 steps, flanked by single
tripartite bow sash windows having Gothick dentillated cornices
and flat lead roofs. To first floor are 2 glazing bar sashes
having ashlar lintels with raised key blocks bearing Classical
carved female heads. To second floor are 3 glazing bar sashes.
Interior has stick baluster stair with wreathed handrail. To the
left a lower 2 storey single bay service block with raised gable
and single 2 light windows to each floor. With beyond a
vehicular opening with timber lintel and a single storey farm
building with a planked opening, raking dormer and to the ridge 2
louvred and gabled vents. To the right are cast iron railings
with spear head terminals on a low wall with plinth. Beneath the
railings, the copings are made from re-used sections of rounded
arches. To the left is a pent roofed structure containing a
flush 6 panelled door in plain surround and to right is a similar
building.

Listing NGR: TF1347910862

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26458938

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Recommended Books

• 
  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
• 
  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)