Description

CHERITON FITZPAINE CHERITON FITZPAINE
SS 80 NE
7/31 Higher Saunders
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GV II

House, former farmhouse. Early C17, remodelled and extended in late C17-early C18.
Plastered cob on rubble footings; rubble or cob stacks topped with C20 brick;
thatched roof. L-shaped building. 2-room plan to main block facing south away from
the road and with a single room rear block behind left (west) end. End stacks to
main block and gable end stack to rear block. 2 storeys. Irregular 3-window front
of mid C20 casements, some timber and some iron-framed, with low thatch eyebrows over
first floor windows. C20 door left of centre with C20 hipped thatch-roofed porch on
plain posts. Stacks projecting from end walls, that to left is disused and without a
chimney shaft.
Interior: Rear and right front rooms have chamfered and step-stopped beams, both very
worn. Left front room has C20 replacement beam. Left front has late C17-early C18
stone fireplace with curving pentan and plain chamfered lintel and right front has
contemporary fireplace, its oak lintel has chamfer with runout stops and it includes
a side oven with late C19 cast iron door. Roof of A-frame trusses with pegged lap-
jointed collars.

Listing NGR: SS8717706243

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26464164

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)