Description

ST 68 NW OLVESTON LOWER TOCKINGTON ROAD (east
side) Tockington
8/203
Lower Farmhouse

- II

Farmhouse, now house. C17 with later alterations. Rubble, rendered, pantiled
roof with gable stacks. L-plan, former through passage, including lower wing
to north. 2½ storeys, 2:1 windows, all 2-light casements with moulded frames
and C20 leaded lights, small window at attic level west and north, 3rd bay from
left has door of 9 panels with heavy raised moulded battens and studs, latch and
knocker, bolection moulded and stopped frame with stone bases to-jambs. North
elevation has C20 upper window and small lean-to, south elevation has 2 windows
to ground floor as on front, and C20 dormer; rear has 2:2 windows as on front
and 2 dormers, single storey extension, 2 windows under eaves of lower wing and
C20 door to left. Interior: plank and batten doors, door to rear of through
passage similar to front, chamfered and scroll stopped beams, cambered lintel to
fireplace, winder to left of passage. Formerly called Gosling Farm.

Listing NGR: ST6089286122

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26606989

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)