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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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)