Description

SO84SE
1943-1/1/30
12/11/54

DIDDLEBURY
CORFTON
Corfton House
(Formerly Listed as: CORFTON
Beechwood and adjoining coach-house)

GV
II*

House. C18 with C19 additions. Brick; plain tile roof; brick
end stacks. L-shaped on plan, with later infilling.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 6-window range: cross-windows with metal
casements, in moulded cases with stone sills under gauged
brick flat arches; modillioned brick band to eaves. Central
entrance in advanced bay: 6-fielded-panel door and
semi-circular fanlight in lined reveals, under modillioned
flat hood on attached Ionic columns, interrupting storey band.
Similar windows either side, except for two 8/12 sashes in
moulded cases to extreme left.
Right returned side: tier of 12/12 sashes in moulded cases
under brick flat arches; later rear range has tier of 6/6
sashes in moulded cases; 8/8 sashes to rear; half-glazed door
in simple doorcase; brick ridge stacks.
Stone rubble wing to left: central arched carriageway with
plank double-doors; various lights and casements; stack to
rear.
Rear of C18 range has 2 tiers of 6/6 sashes under segmental
arches; brick buttress stack.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO4980484772

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17550524

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)