Description

SK 13 NE PARISH OF HUNGRY BENTLEY LEAPLEY LANE
5/24 (West Side)
Bentley Fields Farmhouse and
attached outbuilding
II

Farmhouse and attached cottage, now an outbuilding. C17, C18 with C19 additions and
C20 additions and alterations. Red brick,with brick dressings to farmhouse,and stone
dressings and quoins to-outbuilding. Plain tile roofs with brick gable and ridge
stacks, plus sawtooth eaves cornice to farmhouse. Two bay C18 farmhouse to east of
two storeys plus attics, with narrow two bay, two storey C19 addition to west which
in turn is attached to C17 outbuilding at the north side of which is a C19 addition.
Farmhouse has a moulded doorcase with C19 glazed panelled door, to either side of
which are 3-light C20 casement windows under segment heads. Above two similar windows
and above again two C20 half dormers with pointed 2-light casements. To west, C19
addition has segment headed doorcase with plank door to west of which is 2-light
segment headed C20 casement window. Above, two similar windows. Beyond to west, is
the C17 building, the south gable wall of which has a brick plinth with chamfered
stone copings and 3-light recessed and chamfered mullion window with moulded string-
course below and later 3-light window above. West facade has central doorcase with high
stone lintel with raised central square. To south is a C19 segment headed metal casement
and to north is an inserted C19 segment headed arch, now with C20 doors. Beyond to
north, is recessed C19 addition with plain doorcase and large window below, and 2-light
segment headed casement above. To rear of farmhouse a staircase turret with a winder
staircase. Inside central rooms have large inglenook fireplaces.

Listing NGR: SK1811938680

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26499481

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
• 
  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  For the Record