Description

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SU45NW HIGHCLERE
HIGHCLERE STREET
186-0/6/10013 Farthings

GV II

House. Possibly late Medieval, remodelled and partly rebuilt
in circa late Cl7 and C18/19; altered in late C19 and C20.
Timber-framed with brick nogging and English and Flemish bond
brick; fish-scale tile-hanging at front. Plain clay tile roof
with half-hipped ends. Brick axial stack. PLAN: 3-room plan
with axial stack with back-to-back fireplaces heating the
centre and left hand rooms. The left [north] room with the
axial stack appears to be a Cl7 brick addition while the other
two bays comprise the earlier timber-framed house, the centre
bay possibly an open hall, floored when the late Cl7 extension
and stack were built. The front and south [right] end walls
were rebuilt in brick probably in the late C18 or early C19.
The small wash house wing at the rear of the left end is a
circa late C18 or C19 addition. The partition between the
centre and right [south] rooms has been partly removed.
EXTERIOR: 1-storey and attic. Almost symmetrical tile-hung west
front, the attic windows in 3 small gables. C20 casements, 2
and 4-light on ground floor and 2-light to attic; doorway to
left of centre with C19 brick gabled porch with elliptical
arch. Timber-framing exposed at rear with curved tension-braces
and brick nogging, C19 Gothic 2-light iron casement on ground
floor, small gable above and small single-storey wing on right
with half-hipped roof. INTERIOR: Timber-framed partition walls
exposed, partition between centre and right hand room partly
removed, both these rooms have deeply chamfered axial beams,
the centre with hollow step-stops and with brick fireplace with
slightly chamfered cambered timber lintel. The small left
[north] room has deeply chamfered axial beam with run-out stops
and brick fireplace with a curved back, oven and new lintel.
On the first floor a queen-post truss is exposed in the
partition; curved wind-braces. Clasped purlins and some re-used
common-rafters appear to be smoke-blackened.

Listing NGR: SU4436159744

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26530995

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Recommended Books

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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas