Description

BROADHEMBURY
SY 10 SW

5/33 Pitney Farmhouse

II

Estate Farmhouse. Circa mid/late C17 with C18 refurbishment, C20 renovation.
Whitewashed rendered cob and stone; concrete tile roof (formerly thatched), hipped at
ends; axial stack, projecting right end stack and rear left lateral stack to main
range, all with brick shafts.
Plan: Single depth main range, 3 rooms wide with possible evidence of a former
through passage (opposed doorways) and a rear outshut containing service rooms and a
stair. The left hand (putative inner) room is heated from a rear lateral stack and
was single-storey at one time with evidence of charring on the wall (information from
tenant) suggesting fire damage.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3 window front with a probably C20 gabled porch
with a plank front door in the centre. Additional doorway into left hand room with a
wide C19 plank door and a wide, open porch with a hipped slate roof. Windows a
mixture of C20 timber casements with glazing bars or square leaded panes. The tiled
roof is carried down as a catslide to the outshut.
Interior: The 2 right hand rooms have chamfered crossbeams with good mid/late C17
scroll nick stops. The left hand room has a plain axial beam. Several C18 2-panel
doors indicate refurbishment at this date.
Roof: The main trusses are probably C18 or C19, the rafters replaced in the C20 when
the thatch was replaced with tile.

Listing NGR: ST1054903868

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26499716

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Recommended Books

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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)