Description

SS 71 NE ROSE ASH

8/97 Great Venhay Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse, divided into 2. Late C17 or earlier, possibly extended in the C18.
Colourwashed rendered cob and stone rubble; asbestos slate roof (formerly thatched),
hipped at left end, gabled at right end; axial stack and projecting right end stack.
Plan: Single depth plan, 4 rooms wide with a rear right lean-to. Details of plan
unclear at time of survey (1987) as interior not fully inspected.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3:3 window front with a front door to right of
centre with a C20 porch, additional door to the left. 3-light C19 or C20 timber
small-pane casements except for ground floor left which is late C20.
Interior: The left hand room has an exposed roughly-dressed crossbeam, the remainder
of the house is said to have crossbeams, mostly plastered-over, and pegged roof
trusses, the principals visible in the upstairs room.

Listing NGR: SS7937018724

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26604377

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)