Description

SP8915 TRING RURAL CHAPEL LANE
Long Marston

1598- /8/10002 Church Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. Early-mid C19, with minor C20 alterations. Purple-red brick, laid to Flemish bond, with red brick detailing, pyramidal roof with 3 tall brick stacks with decorative corbelled caps and a Welsh slate roof covering. Square plan, with central entrance and hall passage. FRONT: symmetrical elevation, with central doorway beneath a semi-circular gauged brick arch. 6-panel door with flush panels within bead moulds, beneath a semi-circular fanlight with margin glazing. Flanking the doorway are stacked glazing bar hornless sash windows, 8 over 8 panes, beneath flat gauged brick arches, and with narrow stone ci11s. Central first floor window above doorway. Above window heads, a dog-tooth sub-eaves course below a plain band, then a projecting eaves which carries the gutters. REAR: window openings have shallow brick arched heads and 2-light 6-pane casements. Ground floor openings boarded up. INTERIOR: not inspected, but known to be little altered, and likely to retain features of interest. A little altered example of an early-mid C19 farmhouse, with good quality exterior detailing, which forms part of a significant group of buildings and monuments in the centre of Long Marston village.

Listing NGR: SP8947415628

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558481

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)