Description

GITTISHAM
SY 19 NW

7/137 Hartford Barton
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II

House, formerly a coaching inn, the Nags Head. Probably late C17 in origin with C18
and early C19 alterations, C20 renovations. Cob and stone rubble, whitewashed and
rendered to the front elevation; slate roof, hipped at ends (formerly thatched), rear
lateral stack to main range, axial stack to right of centre.
Plan: L plan: A south-facing main range, 3 rooms wide with an integral outshut and a
through passage which includes an C18 stair; rear left wing at right angles. To the
right, an early C19 parlour with an unheated service room at the extreme right with
only external access on the ground floor. To the left, the former tap room, heated
from the rear lateral stack with a kitchen in the outshut behind, heated from the
same stack. At the extreme left end an unheated service room. The rear left wing
was a dairy or larder with a loft over.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4 window front with a gabled C19 porch to the
through passage with a C19 front door, flanked by C20 timber casements with glazing
bars. Ground floor window left and the 4 first floor windows are C19 2-light
casements with glazing bars. On the left return a first floor C18 2-light casement
with square leaded panes. The rear elevation has 2 C20 roof dormers.
Interior: The through passage has slate paving. The C18 stair has turned balusters,
a closed string and a flat-topped handrail. The room to the left has a chamfered
crossbeam with a scroll nick stops at the south end only, an open fireplace of
handmade brick with an iron lintel and stud partition walls with brick infill. The
left hand room has an axial cross beam with jewel step stops. The C19 parlour has a
timber chimney-piece with a dentil frieze to the cornice. The kitchen in the rear
outshut has a fireplace with a bread oven and what may be a proving cupboard in the
wall.
Roof: Not seen at time of survey (1988) but said to be 'A' frame construction.

Listing NGR: SY1347799528

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26570108

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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