Description

SWIMBRIDGE SS 63 SW 8/181 Tordown Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse, probably C16 to C17. Rendered stone and cob. Concrete tiled roof. Brick stack at right end. 3 cells but unusually a lobby entry plan with stack heating hall and room to left. 2 storeys. C19 to C20 fenestration. Ground floor has a 3-light casement to each end room and one 3-light and a 2-light casement to hall to right of doorway with late C19 door. Dairy outshut to rear. The interior is largely unaltered since the C19 with the hall still serving as the main cooking and living area. Chamfered beams to rooms at each end, the inner room retaining most of the original joists. Creamery to rear wall of hall to right of entry to rear stair turret with winder staircase. There is no access to roofspace but heavy protruding purlins suggests much of the early roof structure survives.

Listing NGR: SS6348131347

External Links

• Wikidata Q26458985

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)