Description

TM 07 NW WATTISFIELD HINDERCLAY ROAD

1/94 Beech Tree Farmhouse and attached garden wall

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Farmhouse. Later C18 and early C19. Red brick with some blue headers; hipped roof with old plaintiles to part of rear slope, C20 replacements to front slopes. 2 storeys and later attics; the main range and a rear service wing form an 'L'. The main part of the front is in 3 bays with a plain parapet and bricks laid in Flemish Bond. 3 windows: the outer windows on each floor have small-paned sashes with diminished side lights; the central window on the upper floor is a plain small-paned sash. Flat arches with gauged heads to all windows. Slightly recessed entrance door with 6 flush panels, the top 2 glazed; reeded architrave with oval corner medallions; open triangular pediment with dentils: On the rear wall, 2 chimney-stacks built in English Bond, one within a small gable, possibly indicate an earlier core to the house. The interior has doors with raised fielded panels and an entrance hall with framed newel stair: stick balusters, open string with brackets to tread- ends, ramped handrail. To right end of the front range is an apparent addition, walled in C19 brick, without a parapet, but with a dentil cornice. A small-paned sash window to each storey. Similar red brick and dentil cornice encases the C18 rear service wing: formerly timber-framed, segmental arches to doorway and windows, now all C20 casements. Interior in 2 bays, high, with rough main beams and joists on edge. Attached to the right corner of the front is a length of high curved red brick garden wall.

Listing NGR: TM0140975118

External Links

• Wikidata Q26477664

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Recommended Books

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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)