Description

TAWSTOCK
SS 52 NE
4/58 Lower Uppacott Farmhouse
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- II

Farmhouse. Probably C17 with later alterations. Rendered cob and stone. Asbestos
slate roof, hipped at left end, half-hipped to right end. 2 tall lateral rear
rendered stacks heating hall and inner room.
Essentially 3 room and cross-passage plan with stairway inserted in cross-passage at
upper end of hall. Additional winder staircase to front right hand corner of lower
end with passage to rear, which may have been the original through-passage with the
stairway inserted.
2 storeys. 5 window range including C19 two storey porch. C20 fenestration, 3
light casements. Plank doors at left end and to inner porch doorway.
Interior Slightly cambered step-stopped lintel to hall fireplace. Single cross
ceiling beam with hollow step-stopped chamfer. Some C18 doors and door surrounds to
bedrooms. C18 roof structure largely replaced in C20.

Listing NGR: SS5530428650

Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas