Description

SP 93 SW LITTLE BRICKHILL WATLING STREET north side

9/72 Warren Farmhouse

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- II

House. C16 or early C17 altered C19. Originally timber framed with small brick wing to LH. Main part refronted in brick with limestone dressing in Jacobean style in C19. Tiled roof, large central stack with 4 diagonal shafts. Second stack at LH end, lower part rubble greensand stone, upper part brick and limestone with 3 diagonal walls. Stone coped gables, shaped kneelers with finials. 2 storeys and cellar. S. front has 4 bays gable to each. Projecting porch in 2nd bay from RH opposite main stack, with Tudor arched doorway. 3 and 4 light stone mullioned casements with hoodmoulds. Lower, older projecting gabled wing to LH, small bricks in English bond, 1 window to gable end. Rear elevation tile hung. Interior jowled posts and wall framing visible at E end of 1st floor. Several C17 or earlier panelled oak doors, 4 moulded stone fireplace surrounds, one only visible. History; said to have been used as the County Assize Court. C19 renovation by Bedford Estate, still the owners.

Listing NGR: SP9076132546

External Links

• Wikidata Q26507804

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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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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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)