Description

WINGFIELD
TM 27 NW
5/144 Abbey Farmhouse
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29.7.55
-- II

Farmhouse. Late C16/early C17 core and stacks, much altered and rebuilt mid
C19. Timber framed core, encased in mid C19 white brick, now colourwashed.
Plaintiled roof with crest tiles. 2 storeys. Symmetrical facade: diagonal
brick buttresses at angles; central entrance section set forward and gabled,
with wide eaves. 3 windows, stone casements in Gothick style with cinqufoil
headed lights and square hood moulds. . 2-centre arched doorway; old plank door
with studded battens. Over the central first floor window the de la Pole
arms. 2 good stacks: that to the right gable end has 2 circular shafts with
moulded brick enrichment and star caps; that to the rear has 3 similar shafts.
C19 interior with ceilings raised. At the top of the stairs a section of C17
oak panelling. Remains of moat adjacent.

Listing NGR: TM2409177556

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26635234

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990