Description

BISHOPTON THE GREEN
NZ 3621 (South side)

13/17 No. 20
(Manor Farmhouse)

II

Farmhouse. Early C18 with C19 fenestration. Hand-made brick in English garden
wall bond (5 + 1); ridged concrete tiles on roof; old brick chimney stacks.
T-plan: main block with long wing at right-angles on centre rear.

2-storey street front; 1 + 2 + 1 bays. End bays framed by giant brick pilasters
with bands (continuation of sill bands of original openings); right bay retains
original ground-floor sill band. Altered openings: 4-panel door and 5-pane
overlight under rubbed-brick flat arch in right bay of 2-bay centre; 2 small
blocked lunettes above door; replaced sashes elsewhere with projecting stone
sills and rubbed-brick flat arches. Cogged eaves. Steeply-pitched roof with
swept eaves. Ridge and right end stack. Corniced strings with modillions on
both storeys of right return. Rear has altered openings and dentilled bands
between storeys and at eaves.

2-storey, 4-bay rear wing has altered openings and dentilled band between
storeys; rear gable has blocked pigeon holes above corniced ledge.

C20 farmbuilding on left return and C20 additions on rear and wing are not of
interest.

Listing NGR: NZ3637421275

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26481187

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Recommended Books

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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Surrey (The 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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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990