Description

SO 90 NW MISERDEN -

5/157 Honeycombe Farmhouse

28.6.60

GV II

Detached farmhouse. Early C17; extensive rebuilding and
enlargement c1730. Random rubble limestone, coursed and squared to
east front; ashlar chimneys; stone slate and concrete tile roof.
Double-pile plan; 2-storey with cellar and attic. East front: 3-
window fenestration, all 12-pane sashes with triple-keyed beaded
architraves and bull-nosed sills. Similar opening to central
doorway with double 3-panel fielded doors, reached up flight of
round-fronted stone steps. Rubble plinth; two 2-light chamfered
mullioned cellar casements. Alternating chamfered quoins; moulded
eaves cornice. Three pedimented roof dormers with leaded timber
casements. Ends: 2 parapet gables, each front range gable having
chimney with moulded cap. Single-window 12-pane sash fenestration
with keyed architraves to ends of rear range. North end has round-
ended bread oven projection and C17 keyed round-arched doorway.
Rear: central parapet gable with sash window to each upper floor
centrally below, that to upper floor being round-arched with
keystone and imposts. Short row of pigeon holes below eaves to
left. Two eaves-mounted chimneys with moulded caps.
Interior: dog-leg staircase with moulded and ramped handrail, 2
turned balusters per tread. Stone vaulted cellar to front and rear
ranges. Barn to north (q.v.) and stable to north east (q.v.).
(D. Verey, Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, 1979)

Listing NGR: SO9217608988

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26590093

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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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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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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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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)