Description

LEDBURY RURAL
SO 63 NE
Flights Farmhouse
108-9/3/10000
II

Farmhouse. Circa early C17, altered and extended in C19. Timber-framed with brick nogging, partly rebuilt in brick and partly rendered. Slate roof with deep eaves and verges to the gable ends. Brick gable-end stacks with set-offs. PLAN: 2-room plan with central entrance hall and wing behind the right-hand room. In the C19 the house was remodelled, the eaves at the front were raised, bay windows, a balcony and porch were added to the front and an extension was built at the back in the angle with the rear wing. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic. Symmetrical 3-window south front with C19 2-storey canted bay windows with wooden balcony between supported on columns to the porch below; central doorway and 12-pane sash above. Rear, north, wing to left with restored timber-framing in the gable-end and 2-storey lean-to extension in the angle. INTERIOR has much exposed timber-framing. The right-hand room has a deeply chamfered framed ceiling and timber-framed rear wall. The left-hand room has two chamfered axial beams and timber-framed partition wall on right.

Listing NGR: SO6892737547

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558690

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas