Description

The entry for:-

TQ 01 NE
6/589

PARHAM
WIGGONHOLT
Wiggonholt Farmhouse

Shall be amended to read:-

TQ 01 NE
6/589

PARHAM
WIGGONHOLT
Lickfold Farm

II

Farmhouse: Probably mid C16, altered C17, C18 and subsequently. Timber-
frame with wattle and daub infill, clad in ironstone rubble, part galletted,
with red brick dressings and quoins. Plain tile roof. Originally 3 cells,
probably with smoke bay between right-hand cells. Chimney inserted in smoke
bay, rear outstrut added, side outstrut added, house clad, external stack
added, C17 and early C18. 2 storeys, 4 1st floor windows. C20 door to bay
3 with 1-light window over, otherwise 3-light windows; ground-floor openings
with segmented brick arches; 1st floor windows set below eaves, plaque
between two on left recording restoration of building by Clive Pearson of
Parham Park in 1954. Hipped roof with gablets, on right sloping down
steeply over side outshut ; external stack with offsets at left end multiple
flue stack to ridge between bays 2 and 3. Rear: 1 storey with attic; C20
board door with two 3-light windows to left and one to right, 2 hipped-
roofed dormers. Right return: square panelled timber-frame on rebuilt stone
plinth, one window. Interior: square panelled timber-frame exposed, the
front wall replaced by stone with front door not in original position;
joweled wall post, straight braces; chamfered beams some with lambs tongue
stops; old brick-lined fireplace with timber lintel in central room
(partition wall between this and left-hand room now removed), in right-hand
room lounge fireplace with 2 brick bread ovens; roof not fully inspected but
has old rafters, some sooting, and queen post and angled queen strut
trusses. Old cellar.

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1.
5404
TQ 01 NE
6/589

PARHAM
WIGGONHOLT
Wiggonholt Farmhouse

II

2.
C17. Two storeys. Four windows. Ironstone rubble with red brick dressings and
quoins. Steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof. Casement windows. Plaque recording
that the building was restored by Clive Pearson of Parham Park in 1954.

Listing NGR: TQ0641417164

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26487970

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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