Description

RIPLEY MAIN STREET
SE 2860-2960 (east side)

8/83 Birchwood Farmhouse
(formerly listed as House
15.3.66 to east of and facing
Market Cross)

GV II

Farmhouse. Early-mid C19. Part of the estate village of Sir William
Amcotts Ingilby. Coursed squared gritstone, Westmorland slate roof. 2
storeys, 3 x 2 bays. In Gothick style. Plinth. 3 steps up to central 3-
panel door with interlaced glazing bars to pointed overlight; pointed-arched
door-head with a double chamfer decorated with flower heads in relief; the
chamfers terminating in shields with the Ingilby star in relief at impost
level. All windows have pointed sashes with interlaced glazing bars; the 2-
piece arched lintels have a star motif at impost level as doorway. Square
hoodmoulds to all openings. Moulded eaves cornice and shallow blocking
course; hipped roof with 2 paired octagonal flued corniced stacks to rear,
left and right. Left return: window first floor left as front; blind
windows to right, ground and first floors. Sir William's father, Sir John
(d1815) was responsible for the rebuilding of the Castle. Sir William used
the flower motif, Ingilby star, 2-piece lintel and window form from the
pedestrian entrance to the gatehouse and the windows of the north (coach-
house) range of the Castle for several houses in the village: Horngarth is
identical; Vale Lodge and Castle Close differ only in the chimney position
and Star House and Cottage are similar.

Listing NGR: SE2842960520

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26583644

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments