Description

BUCKINGHAM

SP73SW A421, Bourton
879-1/4/206 (North side)
White House Farm Cottage

II

Pair of farm cottages, now one. c1870. By George Devey. For
William Oxenden Hammond Esq of Nonington Court, Kent,
principal landowner in the hamlet of Bourton. Red brick in
English bond to ground floor, timber-framed to 1st floor with
rendered, pebbledashed infill, plain-tile roof and brick
lateral stacks. Combined L-plans or zigzag plan.
2-storey, 2-window range. Chamfered, Tudor-arched brick
doorway just left of projecting cross wing to right end,
leading to open internal porch with small square window to
back wall and door to left inside. 4-light casement window to
ground floor left of door set in segmental-arched surround
with blank tympanum and small 1-light casement to ground floor
far left with flat-arched head. Between the windows a large
projecting front lateral stack with diaper pattern in purple
headers. Timber-framed first floor in moulded bressumer with
rectangular panels. 2-light casement in dormer gable above
doorway.
Cross wing projects to right end and has similar 4-light
casement to ground floor and curved stone brackets either end
of front supporting oversail of timber-framed 1st floor.
3-light casement to gable. Both gables have moulded
bargeboards and pendant finials. C20 porch to right of cross
wing. Large projecting lateral stack to right side of cross
wing has 4 brick diagonal flues. Diaper pattern to roof in
darker tiles on this side.
Left end elevation of main block has an oversail on curved
stone brackets and 3-light casement to gable. Full-height wing
to rear left. Rear elevation has no exposed timbers, casement
window in dormer gable. Tile-hung dormer and wing gables.
INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SP7236033331

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497080

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)