Description

TL 3612 GREAT AMWELL WALNUT TREE WALK
(north side)

11/2 Amwellbury Farmhouse and
adjacent brick barn
GV II

House and barn. An early C17 and later, former farmhouse built
against a late C16 manorial brick barn 3/5 of which is now part
of the house. 5-bay red brick C16 unaisled barn in English-bond,
facing S with central projecting brick porch. Gabled steep old
red tile roofs. Queen-strut and collar roof with one butt-purlin
to each slope. Modern glazing between exposed timbers of porch
front. Lower sheds on N and W of barn not of special interest.
Early C17, 2-storeys, 2-bay timber framed house with central
chimney built against E end of barn projecting to N. Cased in
brick with floor band and 3-light wooden mullioned casement
windows and dormer in early C18 in Flemish-bond red brick. Brick
gable to N. Later C18, 1-bay 2-storeys red brick front extension
with matching floor band and half-hipped tiled roof, then
projecting to S of barn. The house has a queen-strut and collar
roof with butt-purlins and tennoned rafters. The floors are
carried on axial beams, chamfered and stopped. Thinner timbers
in S extension. The space between the S extension and the barn
porch was filled in the early C19 by a plastered 2-storeys
extension with twin gabled roofs. Small-paned casement windows.
A group of special interest showing the growth of a farmhouse
against a C16 barn at the manorial centre. Part of a group with
Amwellbury and the dovecote (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL3642612933

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26625910

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
• 
  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)