Description

SHARNFORD WATLING STREET SP 48 NE (north east side)

5/45 High Cross House and adjoining 13.5.77 outbuildings

G.V. II

Farmhouse, now a house. Mid C18 with early C19 and C20 additions. Brick, partly rendered, with hipped plain tile roof. First floor band, single ridge, gable and external lateral brick stacks. 2 storeys, 5 bays. L-plan. South front has a central reeded pedimented wooden doorcase, C20, with a C18 half glazed door, flanked by single 12 pane glazing bar sashes. Above, 5 smaller glazing bar sashes. To the right, a single storey outbuilding with dentillated eaves and a ridge stack. West side has a central pair of glazed doors flanked to left by a C20 2 light casement and to right by a round headed sash. Above, 3 tall C19 2 light casements, that to the right being smaller. To the left, single and 2 storey additions with dentillated eaves and pantile roofs. C20 lean-to porch with casement and door. To its left, a gabled single storey wing with a C20 casement and a similar casement in the return angle. North gable has a 2 light casement and above it, a large square early C19 oriel with patterned glazing bars. Above again, a 2 light casements with segmental head. East side has in the return angle a hipped 2 storey addition and stair turret with an adjoining hipped C20 porch with a glazed door flanked by C20 casements. To the left a casement and beyond, a 2 light sliding sash, both with segmental heads. To the right, a C20 lean-to porch flanked to left by a 3 light sliding sash and beyond, a cross casement, both with segmental heads. To the right, a C20 casement. Above the porch, a C20 casement flanked to left by a casement with segmental head and beyond, a tall 2 light casement. To the right, 2 two light casements with segmental heads. The return angle has a casement with segmental head and above, a round headed fixed light. Adjoining outbuilding to east has a low barred opening flanked to left by a small casement and to right by a half glazed door.

Listing NGR: SP4728488651

External Links

• Wikidata Q26472663

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)