Description

SJ 67 NE GREAT BUDWORTH C.P. HIGH STREET
South Side

6/70 No. 20

8/1/70

GV II

House, formerly Saracen's Head Farmhouse, early C17, re-dressed
probably 1900's. Pebbledashed on red sandstone plinth; oak-framed
gable ends with plaster panels; rear wing partly oak-framed, partly
recased, and with small extension in brick; grey slate roof. Framed
and boarded door; moulded timber band at 1st floor; 2 windows of three
2-pane lights to each storey, proud of the wall-face, have miniature
hipped shingle roofs. Central ridge chimney; chimney within frame of
left gable, behind the ridge.
Interior: Lobby-entrance plan; inglenook behind lobby, in right room,
has cambered oak bressumer with ovolo-stopped chamfer; massive
chamfered oak beams; oak joists; oak wall-framing includes large
posts, quite closely spaced, in rear wing; shaped oak brackets at
junction of front and rear wings include one with female figure circa
1600; corner fireplaces in front left rooms; doors circa 1700 of 2, 3
and 6 panels; some oak-board floors; oak joists; some Arts and Crafts
Movement door furniture of Arley estate type; some HL hinges; stair
altered, with Georgian balusters.
A good interior.

Listing NGR: SJ6636877481

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26605009

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback