Description

TF O1 NE WITHAM ON THE HILL MAIN STREET
(north side)

2/288 Palace Farmhouse

II

House. C16, Cl7, restored and altered C19, C20. Squared
limestone rubble, ashlar quoins and dressings. Collyweston slate
roof having raised stone coped gables with kneelers, single gable
and ridge ashlar stacks with moulded cornices. Cross plan. The
central cross wing being the early core. 2 storey with attics,
irregular 4 bay front, with plinth. Third bay from left is
advanced and separately gabled. Off-centre 4 centred arched door
with sunk spandrels and moulded hood. To left single, to right
2, three light windows. to first floor are 3 similar windows,
one of 4 lights. To the second floor a further 3 light window
with gable. All windows have chamfered cavetto mullions, moulded
stone surrounds and hoods, with lattice casements. The interior
of the house has been substantially altered, but the cross wing
retains its good quality oak roof with queenposts, braced by
ties, with chamfered rafters and heavy ridge beam, and in the
hall is a moulded 4 centred arched fireplace. The house may
incorporate an earlier building of the Bishops of Lincoln, and
was twice partially destroyed by fire and remodelled. Source:
D. L. Roberts.

Listing NGR: TF0540016543

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26552168

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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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)