Description

ST 67 NE PUCKLECHURCH C.P. WESTERLEIGH ROAD (west side)

4/220 Court Farmhouse

G.V. II

Farmhouse. Late C16/early C17, with later alterations. Coursed limestone
rubble with stone dressings, partly rendered, pantiled roof with coped verges,
large ridge stack with 6 diagonal chimneys, gable stack to right. Originally
T-plan including rear stair turret. 2 storeys and 3 windows, ground floor has
two 4-light casements with reserved-chamfered mullions, king mullion, hood mould
and high relieving arch, first floor has two 3-light casements, similar without
relieving arch, single light with hood mould to right, C20 door to right with
chamfered surround and relieving arch. Cross wing to right has large C19
2-light casement at ground floor, smaller 2-light casement at first floor, straight
joint to addition to right, ground floor 2-light casement, coping to wall. Left
return has ground floor replacement 2-light casement as on front, 2-light casement
at first floor and attic; right return has small single light at first floor of
cross wing, upper gable end of main house rendered. Rear of 2 storeys with
projecting 3-storey narrow gabled stair turret with small single light at ground
floor, larger single light with hood mould and relieving arch at first floor,
similar window without relieving arch at 2nd floor, left return has similar single
light at ground and first floor, right return has door with heavy timber lintel;
to right, ground floor 4-light and first floor 3-light casement as on front, to
left, ground floor has relieving arch from former window, 9-pane fixed light
inserted, small single light to left with iron stanchions and timber lintel, first
floor 2-light casement with hood mould and timber lintel. Attached block to left
has gablet to roof, ground floor 2-light casement with ovolo mullion and dripstone,
2-light wooden casement with leaded lights and timber lintel at first floor, small
single storey lean-to to left with C20 window; to rear of front coped wall,
single storey additions with C20 door and window to each side. Interior: not
inspected, all details as in sources. (Sources: Hall, L. : unpublished survey,
NMR).

Listing NGR: ST6993876703

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26577650

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Recommended Books

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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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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)