Description

UP HOLLAND

SD50SW PIMBO LANE
783-1/4/65 (East side (off))
Lower Pimbo Farmhouse with attached
garden wall

GV II

Farmhouse. Mid C18, enlarged and altered. Coursed sandstone
rubble and some random rubble, the front pebble-dashed and the
ends rendered; slate roof. Double-depth double-fronted main
range with single-depth one-bay addition to left. Two storeys
and cellar, 3-window range; originally almost symmetrical; the
doorway, offset left of centre of the main range, has a wooden
surround and a recessed and panelled door; the windows are all
square, with cement surrounds and C20 casements. Roof with
wooden bracketed eaves, gable chimneys, and ridge chimney at
junction with addition. Rear has similar fenestration,
including central stair-window with early C20 stained glass.
INTERIOR: direct entry to front left room (partition between
rooms removed); doorways on both floors with pegged wooden
cases and doors with raised fielded panels and mostly with HL
hinges; 2-room cellar with stone keeping tables in both; good
mid-C18 doglegged staircase with open string, scrolled
brackets, columnar newels, and a moulded handrail with an
inverted ramp at the half-landing and a sturdy scrolled
curtail at the foot. The garden wall, enclosing a rectangular
front garden, is of sandstone rubble, approx 1m high, with a
flat coping and ball finials flanking a plain gateway in line
with the front door of the house. Forms group with barn approx
30m south-east (qv).

Listing NGR: SD5104003626

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26514527

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)