Description

Orchard House etc, Hurst.
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10/274

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Orchard House etc, Hurst.
15/274
10/274

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ST4518 MARTOCK CP HURST

15/274 Orchard House and front boundary
railings

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GV II

Detached house. C16 with later front. Ham stone rubble, but with colourwashed brick facade, Flemish bond, with ashlar
dressings; Welsh slate roof over stone slate base courses between stepped coped gables; brick chimney stacks. 'L'-plan;
2 storeys, 5 bays, of which bay 5 is a one-bay gabled projection. Above, horizontal bar casements, 3-light except upper
bay 3 which is 4-light; below a C20 4-light window bay 1 in reconstructed stone surrounds; plain mullioned windows of 4
lights lower bay 3 and 3 lights lower bay 4, without labels; to lower bay 2, a C20 door set in deep recess with plain
beaded surround: in north return bay 5 are C20 casements, the lower in part-blocked former shop window, with blocked
doorway to left. North gable shows earlier lower roof line. Inside, the centre room has a 9-bay deep moulded beam
panelled ceiling, and in the north wall a wide fireplace with chamfered beam, a gable entry and a winding stone stair
with oval light; other C18 features in wings to either side; centre portion has one visible raised cruck, with
indications that others survive. About 3m west of the house, mostly set on low stone walling, are wrot iron railings,
with arrow head tops and cast urn finials to arch-braced standards, and gate to match opposite door (north section
newly installed, to match, June l985).

Listing NGR: ST4579318794

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26520695

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy