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Church Farmhouse and Upper Church Farmhouse, and Front Railings

A Grade II Listed Building in Swepstone, Leicestershire

Church Farmhouse, Swepstone, with Measham gobs.

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The bricks used to build the extension to the left are much larger than those of the main farmhouse. They are Measham gobs, manufactured as a response to a tax per brick newly imposed by a Government desperate for funds in the war against France. (Photo Aug 2010).

Uploaded by Andrew H Jackson on 26 October 2014

Photo ID: 115607
Building ID: 101361262
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