Description

ST41SE EAST CHINNOCK CP FORDHAY (East side)

3/66 Fordhay House, with well 3 metres
to South
(Fordhay House formerly listed)
19.4.61

GV II

House. Dated 1690. Local stone rubble coursed, Has stone dressings; Welsh slate between coped gables; brick end
chimney stacks to main block, and intermediate stack to extension. 2-storeys, 3-bays-with later extensions Eastwards.
Hollow chamfer mullioned windows with timber casement infills under labels, 3-light to bays 1 and 3 and 2-light to bay
2, ground floor; above casement windows under exposed timber lintels: old boarded entrance door in plain opening
between bays-2 and 3, protected by double hipped lead roofed porch of C19, resting on 4 cast-iron columns. Extension
of 3-bays, 2-bays using larger stones, divided by coped gable to East gable; C19 casement windows segmental arched
heads below and heavy stone lintels above. On East kneeler gable stone, main block is incised the initial K or R and
date 1690. On West, roadside, wall a mounting block and steps. Formerly an inn, according to local tradition, 3
metres South of first extension a well, about 11 metres down to water; old random stone walls below ground, C20 wall
above ground.

Listing NGR: ST4953012994

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26594593

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living