Description

TM 38 SE SPEXHALL STONE STREET

2/30 Mahn House
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- II

Former farmhouse. Late C16. 2 storeys and attics; 3-cell lobby-entrance
plan. Timber-framed, encased in Edwardian red brick; black glazed pantiles.
2 internal chimney-stacks with rebuilt shafts, panelled, and corbelled heads
with dentils. 2-light standard C20 small-paned casement windows. An enclosed
and gabled porch has the date 1905 and initials W.N., for William Neave, the
then owner. All timbers exposed inside: frame in 5 bays, including a chimney-
bay. An original newel stair beside the chimney-stack up to the first floor,
and a later flight to the attic. Ground floor ceilings with plain joists, set
flat, and chamfered main beams; the upper ceilings were inserted later. On
the upper floor, the remains of several original diamond-mullioned windows.
Roof with clasped side purlins, cambered collars and cranked windbraces.
Along the north side a 1½-storey lean-to, rendered, with a slate roof, was
added in the early C19. The house stands sideways-on to the road, and was
formerly called Dawson's Farmhouse.

Listing NGR: TM3876380549

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26494449

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)