Description

LEIGH LEIGH
1.
5280
Powder Mill Lane
(North Side)
Great Barnetts Farmhouse
TQ 5546 20/716 10.9.54.
II
2.
House of late C16 appearance, said to have been built by Sir Philip Sidney for
his bailiff. 2 storeys. Left, 2 window section under hipped gable with attic
window below hip. l-window projecting centre section, under gable, has overhanging
1st floor on ornamental brackets with moulded tie piece. 2-window right section.
Tiled roof with tall central compound brick stack. Tile hung 1st floor. Ground
floor of red brick with some blue headers. Windows C18 and replaced sashes
with glazing bars in flush moulded wood frames. 6-panel door, in similar frame,
under flat hood on carved brackets. Inside much exposed timber and old plank
floors. Also much Tudor and Jacobean panelling, probably imported from elsewhere.
One inglenook fireplace and an altered carved stone fireplace which also looks
like an import.

Listing NGR: TQ5549546510

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26550155

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy