Description

ST 68 SW ALMONDSBURY GAUNT'S EARTHCOTT LANE (north
side) Gaunt's Earthcott

12/27
21.10.52 Green Farmhouse

- II

Farmhouse. Late C17 with C18 rear wings, C19 and C20 alterations and
additions. Coursed rubble, roughcast at front, double Roman tiled roof with
some pantiles at rear, gable stacks with diagonal chimneys. U-plan, former
through passage. 2 storeys and 2 gables forming attic storey, symmetrical
front, 5 windows, all metal-framed casements except 2 C19 12-pane sashes in
exposed boxes in gables, central 6-panelled door with transom light and timber
lintel. 2 gables repeated on rear, it storey gabled former bakehouse/brewhouse
to west, 2-storey former dairy to east, C20 lean-to between irregular windows,
west side has 2 gables and irregular windows. Interior: former hall-kitchen
to west has winder stair, all beams boxed, wooden ovolo-moulded cornice in
parlour to east. (Sources: Hall, Linda : Rural Houses of North Avon and South
Gloucestershire 1400-1720. 1983).

Listing NGR: ST6362784299

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26599412

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas