Description

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SK10NW
1094-1/3/240

LICHFIELD
Freeford
TAMWORTH ROAD (south side)
Freeford House

II
House. C16 or early C17 with early C18 main range. Brick and timber-frame; tile roofs with brick stacks. L-plan; gable facing, front to left. Two storeys; four window range. Brick platt bands, top cornice and coped gables. Entrance to right of centre has panelled doorcase and six-panel door. Segmental-headed windows have brick sills and two-light casements.Large stack to rear of ridge. Right return has windows with two-light casements, and three-light casement to attic; wing has dressed stone plinth to square framing with brick infill; two-light casement to each floor; two stacks. Rear has gabled stair wing with tall casement window. The site of leprosy hospital of St Leonard, established by mid C13, abandoned c1496.

Listing NGR: SK1318908351

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26489505

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Recommended Books

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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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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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)