Description

WETHERDEN PLASHWOOD ROAD
TM 06 SW

4/228 Grange Farmhouse
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-- II

Former farmhouse, early C17 with mid C19 remodelling. 3-cell lobby entrance
plan; the service cell to left is the remaining part of a lower house of
c.1570. 2 storeys. Timber-framed and roughcast, the right hand gable rebuilt
in brick. Pantiled roof; a chequer pattern of glazed and unglazed tiles,
formerly thatched. An axial C17 chimney, the lower half plastered and the
upper half rebuilt in C19 red brick. Mid C19 casements; the hall and parlour
both have flat-roofed splayed bays. Mid C19 doorway at lobby-entrance: a
simple entablature and pilasters, C20 6-panelled door. The C16 service cell
has chamfered ceiling joists laid flat. The C17 framing is slighter, and has
a blocked mullioned window in the rear wall. Very pronounced jowls to storey
posts (compare The White House, Church Lane item 4/212). Back-to-back
fireplaces to hall and parlour, the latter with segmental arched head.

Listing NGR: TM0104562812

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26573313

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)