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WOOLFARDISWORTHY -
SS 32 SW

5/205 Bankers

The address shall be amended to read

SS 32 SW WOOLFARDISWORTHY BUCKS CROSS

5/205 Bankers

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WOOLFARDISWORTHY
SS 32 SW
5/205 Bankers
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- II

House formerly farmhouse. Circa 1500 with early - mid C17 alterations. Plastered
and rendered rubble walls. Gable-ended roof - grouted slate to left-hand and
concrete tile to right-hand part. Brick axial stack and one at left-hand end.
Plan: originally 2 or 3-room-and-through-passage plan with lower end to the right.
The inner room or was probably added in the C17 when the halls central hearth was
replaced by a fireplace at its higher end. Normally at this stage the open hall
would have been floored with a chamber above but although it is ceiled there is no
room over it due to a lack of height although at either end the house is 2 storeys
with separate staircases. At the front of the hall is a window bay which may be
original or may be part of the C17 remodelling. At an indeterminate time the lower
end of the house was demolished below the passage.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2-window front of which the central part is
single storey and projects. On lst floor is early C20 2-light casement to the left
with C19 casment to the right and late C19 or early C20 4-pane sash below. Window
in projection is a circa late C19 2-light small-paned casements. Wide C19 plank
door to right under pentice roof. Lean-to outbuilding against each end.
Interior: inner room has small open fireplace with rough wooden lintel and cloam
oven. Roughly chamfered axial ceiling beam. Hall fireplace has chamfered and ogee
stopped wooden lintel. C18 wall cupboard in hall with fielded panel door.
Roof: original smoke-blackened structure survives over hall and passage with 2
pairs of raised crucks with morticed cranked collar, diagonal ridge and threaded
purlins.
This is an unusual example of a modest hall house which has retained its single
storey hall until the present day.

Listing NGR: SS3480622984

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26617918

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (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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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)