Description

SD 42NE
3/64

LONGTON,
off CHAPEL LANE,
Longton Hall Farmhouse

11.11.1966

II

Farmhouse, dated 1662, severely renovated externally. Brick, stone and
concrete dressings, slate roof with one ridge and one gable chimney stack
at right end. Two storeys; 3-bay baffle entry plan, the 1st bay built as
wider cross wing projecting forwards and the middle bay having a 2-storey
gabled porch. Large dressed stone quoins to ground floor corners of
cross wing and porch; porch offset right of centre, with door also offset
to right and a square datestone over it, lettered in relief WIW 1662; window
above it. All windows are modern and have concrete sills and heads.
Interior: porch houses. staircase (not original); middle bay (now
partitioned at front to form corridor) has pair of bridging beams and
exceptionally large bressummer all ovolo-moulded; 1st bay has similar
bridging beams; 3rd bay has smaller ovolo-moulded bressummer, and
bridging beams chamfered and stopped at one end only, all apparently
re-located.

Listing NGR: SD4875625629

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26505807

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Recommended Books

• 
  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy