Description

TA 00 SW NORTH KELSEY MAIN STREET

1/24 Church Farm House,
gateposts, wall
1-11-66 and railings.

G.V. II

Farmhouse; late C16 with C18 and C19 alterations; colour washed
pebble dashed brickwork and ironstone, with stucco dressings,
slate roof with one C19 red brick stack with 3 diagonally set
brick tunnels and a left hand gable stack with one tunnel; E-
plan; one and a half storey with through eaves dormers, 7 bay
front with 2 projecting gabled wings at each end both with a
glazing bar sash with splayed flat lintel to ground floor and a
smaller glazing bar sash with hood mould to 1st floor. The
gables have bargeboards and long wooden pinnacles. The
projecting gabled closed porch is central to the facade and has a
round headed door opening and vertical slot over. It is flanked
by single glazing bar sashes with hood moulds, to the right is
further narrow glazing bar sash, lighting the base of the stair,
also with a hood mould. Above are 2 through eaves glazing bar
sash dormers. The eaves overhang and the C19 rafter ends are
exposed. In the right hand gable is a glazing bar sash with
hood mould and a band at 1st floor level. The left hand gable
is partly colour washed stone and could be part of an earlier
building. A rendered wall with railings above runs between the
2 projecting wings. The central octagonal gateposts have
pyramidal caps, the flanking low screen is of C19 cast iron
railings and the end walls are castellated. The interior has
one exposed C16 oak beam, a C18 corner cupboard in the
hall/living room, and the dog leg stairs have curved splat
balusters which could date from C16.

Listing NGR: TA0441001532

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26595622

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living