Description

1.
5410 STRATTON ST MARGARET CHURCH STREET
Church Farmhouse
SU 18 NE 8/456 3.5.77

II

2.
Mid-late C17. Two and a half storeys. Altered. 'L'-plan farmhouse built
of rubble with ashlar quoins and ovolo section mullion windows with dripmoulds
and relieving arches (on ground floor). Modern Roman tile roof with moulded
coping and footstones. A large central stack with 3 rebuilt brick diagonal
shafts and 2 other chimneys, one on east gable end. Two light attic windows
in gables. Three light windows on first floor and 4-light windows on ground
floor; also a number of others. The gable ends have one range of windows,
the south front has 2 ranges (altered and one bay to gabled projection to
left. The west front has 3 bays, right hand obscured by creeper, inserted
central doorway (in matching style). Two storey range of outbuildings to
north-east.
Interior: 2 panelled rooms on ground floor; south-west room possibly C19 panelling,
has bolection fireplace. In first floor room above is a good Tudor arch fireplace.
The staircase is in the angle of the 'L' plan, heavy oak. Later queen post
trusses to roof.

Listing NGR: SU1783287030

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26587035

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (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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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)