Description

SJ 55 NE SPURSTOW C.P.

2/57 The Bath House

12 January 1967
II*

Farmhouse, late C16. Plastered and brick nogged timber frame with tile
roof, 2 storeys, 3 window bays with 3-bay return (north). High
sandstone plinth. Close studding, in heavy timbers, with rails only to
windows. Angle braces, west gable jettied at first floor and apex.
Large sandstone stack to rear (south) with diagonally set flues.
Flush casements with glazing bars. French window on the garden front
(east). The west gable has timber in the chevron style with struts
from the king post and three struts from the tie beam each side; the
east gable has a similar arrangement painted on the plastered apex.
There is a gable end stack to the north wing. The boarded entrance
door is in the north-west angle of the building.
Interior: Heavy ovolo moulded beams and square section joists in all
ground floor rooms. Old boarded door. Georgian cast iron mantel. At
first floor two oak Elizabethan 6-panel doors on "H" hinges with
remains of older wrought hinges, latches and oak cased lock. Wide oak
flooring. Wide oak staircase with turned newel and one 75mm turned
baluster per tread, fixed between timber framed internal walls. Truss
with curved tie beam and two posts, wide ceiling joists. House said
to have been used to accommodate visitors to a salt spring in an
adjoining field.

Listing NGR: SJ5695155324

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17551787

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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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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  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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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets