Description

ST 77 SW DYRHAM AND HINTON C.P. DOYNTON LANE (south side)

8/139 Lower Ledge Farmhouse

- II

Farmhouse. Mid - late C17 with C19 alterations and refronting, C20 alterations.
Roughly coursed limestone rubble, stone dressings and quoins, double Roman and
pantiled roofs with brick gable stacks. U-plan, former through passage.
2 storeys and 5 windows, all 2-light casements with segmental heads, 2nd from right
C20 door in moulded and stopped frame with cambered head; heads of first floor
windows and upper courses of stonework different from lower, probably after C19
re-roofing. Left return has rear wing (formerly stable) with brick lean-to,
2 doors and 2 central windows, 4-pane to left and 8-pane to right, 2 dormers of
8 panes each, one 4-pane dormer. Right return has C20 door to rear of main house,
rear wing has C20 door and 2 windows, 3-light casement under eaves, 8-pane dormer
as at left, lower outhouse attached to right. Interior: front right room has
chamfered beams, heavy wooden lintel to fireplace with former smoking chamber
recess to right; wide entrance hall with chamfered and stopped beams and mortices
for former screens, site of former stair to rear of passage; front left room has
very wide timber lintel to fireplace. C19 straight stair to first floor, door
with chamfered and stopped frame and cambered head, circular recess to rear for
former stair.

Listing NGR: ST7331674928

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26507015

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)