Description

SK 17 52 PARISH OF TISSINGTON RAKES LANE 11/141 (West Side) 13.9.1967 Town Head Farmhouse, garden wall and railings

GV II

Farmhouse. Late C17 and early C18. Coursed rubble limestone with gritstone dressings. Plain tile roof with stone coped gables and plain kneelers. Brick ridge stack and brick gable end stacks. Two storeys and two and a half storeys, five bays, Road elevation. The right hand part between the ridge stack and the north west gable end is late C17 or early C18. The ground floor has two 2-light square section mullion windows; above are two similar windows with a single light window between. All with C19 casements. Immediately below the eaves are two small 2-light recessed chamfer mullion windows. Flush quoins. To the left, a mid-C18 extension of two bays with raised and chamfered quoins and moulded eaves cornice. Doorway with flat stone bracketed hood. Six panelled raised and fielded door with rectangular overlight. To the left, a plain sash in a moulded stone surround, Two glazing bar sashes above with moulded stone surrounds. Drystone garden wall with curved copings and metal railings.

Listing NGR: SK1734752512

External Links

• Wikidata Q26619886

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)