Description

SS 80 NW SANDFORD

1/180 Outbuilding approx 5m north
of Dowrich House

GV II

Farmhouse converted to kitchen, bakehouse and store. Probably late C15 remodelled
in mid C16. Plastered cob over exposed rubble; volcanic stone stack partly
rebuilt with C19 brick; slate roof (former thatch). Gable-ended 1-room block
facing south-east with massive stack in right (north-east) end and also tiny room
projection from that end. 2 storeys. Regular 3-window front of mostly late-C19
casements with glazing bars. Central first floor 3-light casement has late C17
frame with flat-faced mullions and shallow ogee internal mouldings. Doors at
either end. Rear wall has mid C16 oak 2-light window with chamfered and pyramid-
stopped mullion to right and a C19 2-light casement with a fixed pane of small
leaded panes to left. Interior has 5-bay roof of side-pegged jointed cruck trusses
with 3 sets of chamfered butt purlins and ridge. It is completely smoke-blackened
showing that original house was divided by low partitions and heated by open hearth
fire. It originally extended further south-westwards. In mid C16 it was reduced
in size, floored and given massive bakehouse/kitchen fireplace. Chamfered
crossbeams rest on oak posts with jowled heads. Fireplace retains volcanic jambs
of C16 fireplace but lintel and much of chimney breast rebuilt in brick in early
C19. On first floor door to left of stack to tiny closet on solid stone base and
includes small square-headed window made from single piece of oak. This may have
been the manor house before new house built close by in mid C16, at which time it
was converted to detached kitchen/bakehouse.

Listing NGR: SS8267605087

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26563066

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version