Description

MARKYATE DUNSTABLE ROAD (A5)
TL 01 NE
(East side)
2/190 Red Cow Farmhouse
16.1.84

GV II

Farmhouse. C17, rear kitchen wing at NW and 2-storeys rear outshut C18,
Single-storey rear lean-to at NE C19. Timber frame with roughcast front
and stucco plinth, red brick in Flemish-bond at rear, tarred brick on E
gable end. Steep old red tile roofs, main range hipped at E. A
2-storeys, 3-units, internal-chimney, lobby entry plan house facing S,
with 2-storeys rear outshut providing passages on each floor, and
2-storeys rear kitchen wing at NW. Large internal chimney a third from W
end, and internal E gable stack. Kitchen wing has large fireplaces at N
gable end. S front assymetrical. 4 windows on each floor with entrance
between middle two. Flush-box sashes with 6/6 panes and segmental heads
to ground floor. 6-panels flush-beaded door in heavy moulded frame with
open triangular hood on shaped brackets. Interior has added passage
serving the original three front rooms, also containing the staircase at
E end presumably replacing a stair to rear of main chimney. On ground
floor main chimney only served a fireplace for the middle room. NE
corner fireplace later provided in W room. Axial chamfered and stopped
beams to E of stack but crossbeam in W room set nearer W wall as if this
bay had been shortened. 2 plank doors and an C18 panelled screen. Farm
buildings attached at N not of special interest.

Listing NGR: TL0523817636

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26468914

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)