Description

PRESTON

1443/4/18 WEGHILL ROAD 27-NOV-03 (North side) Little Weghill Farmhouse

II Farmhouse. 1777, renovations of c1980. Brick in Flemish bond. Clay tile roof. Double-depth plan, with 2-room, central entrance-hall south front. 2 storeys with attic, 3 bays; symmetrical. Step to C20 half-glazed door in architrave, flanked by unequal 15-pane flush sashes. 16-pane first-floor sashes. Wrought-iron brackets to gutter. Tumbled-in brick to raised gables. End stacks. Returns have ground and first-floor sashes with glazing bars, inserted C20 bow window to left, blocked attic doors. INTERIOR: 5-bay pegged pine roof with 2 tiers of staggered butt purlins and collars carrying king posts and raking struts. HISTORY: The date 1777 was inscribed on a brick on the contemporary barn to rear. This barn is not included on the list.

Listing NGR: TA2045029925

External Links

• Wikidata Q26596334

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey