Description

HIMBLETON CP HIMBLETON
SO 95 NW
6/159 (19/3) Court Farmhouse
29.12.52
GV II

Farmhouse. Late C16 with late C19 alterations and additions. Timber-framed
with painted brick and rendered infill on lias limestone rubble and brick
plinth; brick replacement walling and additions painted to resemble timber-
framing; plain tiled roofs. Four framed bays aligned east/west with single-
bay wing to rear east end bay; central two-bay hall has rear external
chimney with brick stack and porch wing; C19 additions include a single-bay
extension to the west end service bay with a gable-end chimney and bread
oven; another porch wing to the front of the east end bay, and a two-bay
cross-wing at the east gable end. Two storeys, attic and cellar. Framing:
four panels from sill to wall-plate; large swept brace at front, lower left
corner of hall; porch has jettied first floor and attic with moulded bres-
summers and, above, a tie-beam truss with two struts, a rail in-between, and
a V-strut in the apex; rear wing gable end has two rows of panels at first-
floor level; the central two panels of the lower row have a small convex
brace across their inner corners; above is a collar and tie-beam truss with
three struts and a concave V-strut in the apex. South front elevation:
ground floor has a 2-light and a 4-light casement; first floor has three
2-light casements; porch wing has open front entrance, 5-light left side
window and 3-light ovolo-moulded wood-mullioned window on right side; C17
door within has ogee moulding on lintel; C19 addition to left side has an
outshut to front elevation; C19 porch wing has a 4-panelled door with a
flat canopy on consoles, a 2-light first-floor casement with a cambered
head, and an attic light; C19 cross-wing gable end has a ground- and first-
floor 3-light casement with cambered heads. Interior not inspected. A C19
verandah on moulded posts adjoins the hall part at the rear; to the right
of it sandstone and brick steps lead to an upper level door in the C19 service
bay. (VCH 3 (ii), p 391).

Listing NGR: SO9459458756

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26588983

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Recommended Books

• 
  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]