Description

SX 86 NW TORBRYAN

4/24 Buckridge Farmhouse
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- II

Farmhouse. Late C16 or C17, with later addition at rear. Stone or cob rendered to
front, painted to rear. Slated roof, gabled each end. C19 rendered stack in
right-hand gable; projecting stack with set-offs to rear of left-hand room. Two-
room and through-passage plan (rear door converted to window), both rooms on ground
storey probably heated by C17. Irregular four-window front with metal casements to
all windows. Doorway off-centre to right, has C19 or C20 gabled brick porch.
Secondary doorway at left-hand end. Interior: left-hand room (former hall) has
chamfered ceiling-beams with mutilated stops. Fireplace in rear wall with base of
slates on edge and segmental brick arch; at either side, tiny oven with
rectangular stone opening. Smaller right-hand room has chamfered beams with step-
stops. Gable fireplace with chamfered wood lintel. At rear a projecting
rectangular stair turret, with blocked stair light. Second storey and roof not
inspected.

Listing NGR: SX8019169186

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26593009

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Old House Care and Repair