Description

SP 7420 QUAINTON THE GREEN
(north side)

8/69 Cross Farmhouse

25.10.51

GV II*

House. Dated 1723 on carved stone plaque with Dormer family coat-of-Arms.
Chequer brick with vitreous headers, red brick quoins and window
surrounds, and moulded plinth, first floor band course and eaves. Old
tile roof, brick coped gables, partly rebuilt brick chimney between
right bays. Double pile plan, the narrow rear range with 3 hipped roof
spurs at right-angles to front range. 2 storeys and attic, 5 bays.
3-pane sash windows in flush wooden frames. 3 C20 hipped dormers with
paired leaded casements, blocked cellar window to right. Centre bay
has blind window panel over 9-panelled door in Wooden frame. All openings
to main floors have segmental heads. Similar sashes or blind windows to
sides, the left gable with oval window to attic, and Regency ironwork
brought from Aylesbury. Small C20 brick extensions with entry and garages
at N.W. corner. House said to have been built by Robert Dormer, J.P.,
for one of his daughters.

Listing NGR: SP7464620171

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17539126

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey