Description

ST 77 NW PUCKLECHURCH C.P. WESTERLEIGH ROAD (east side)

5/201 St. Aldam's Ash Farmhouse

- II

Farmhouse. C17, with C19 and later alterations and additions. Coursed limestone
rubble, ashlar porch, stone dressings, rendered at right return and rear, double
Roman tiled roof with brick gable stack to right. L-plan, former cross passage.
2 storeys and 3 windows, not symmetrical, all 3-light casements with ovolo
mullions and dripstone, central C19 gabled porch, C20 outer door, 4-panelled and
glazed inner door, first floor has two 3-light and one 2-light similar casements.
Left return has ground and first floor 3-light casement, 2-light at attic, as on
front; 2-storey rear wing has ground floor 2-light casement (formerly door in
ashlar surround) and first floor 3-light window as on front, C20 lean-to porch.
Rear of rear wing has large single storey pebbledashed extension, C20 window in
gable end above, lean-to attached to left; at rear of main-house, 2-storey stair
turret with small C20 window at first floor and 2-light casement with leaded
lights, wooden mullion and frame in gable. Interior: in rear wing under stack,
a large blocked fireplace with oven curve, heavy chamfered beam, plank and batten
door; front right room has wide fireplace with oven recess; winder stair in
turret to attic level, plank and batten doors with strap hinges; 5 bays of roof
visible, principal rafters, 2 rows of purlins, ridge purlin and plated yoke, 3 bays
of rear wing and 2 bays of stair turret of similar construction.

Listing NGR: ST7046877311

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26507823

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas