Description

TWINSTEAD
TL 83 NE
5/111 Sparrows Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. C16 or earlier. Timber framed and plastered with gabled peg tile
roofs. Basically of 'T' shaped plan form and of one storey with attics with
large crosswings at north end projecting forward to the west. There is a gabled
2 storey extension to the south end and C20 pantiled lean-to on southeast
corner. The west elevation (front) has a gabled dormer in the main block which
also has a tall ridgeline stack, C20 gabled porch and hipped peg tile roofed
extension. The west wall of the crosswing has a segmental C20 bow window with
some red brick and old reused crenellated girts. A large part of the timber
frame is exposed on this front and the rear has old pargetted plaster of raised
square panels. The rear has one lean-to dormer and windows are leaded light
casements. RCHM 5.

Listing NGR: TL8721136795

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26622247

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)