Description

BREEDON-ON-THE-HILL MAIN STREET SK 42 SW (BREEDON) 4/24 Lime Farmhouse and attached barn - II

House, with attached barn. House has mid-late C18 front wing, incorporating some older structure but altered mid C19, and early C19 rear wing forming L-plan. Attached to end of rear wing is a lower range leading to cart entry and barn, Cl7 in origin but mostly rebuilt C19 and C20. HOUSE: front wing has rubble stone ground floor with later brick jambs, and red brick above with some glazed headers. Right gable rendered over rough brickwork. Plain tile roof with coped gable to left, and flanking brick chimneys, both part rebuilt at top. 2 storeys and attic, 3 bays. Corbelled dentil eaves. Remodelled mid C19, with large sash windows, 4-pane flanking 3-pane, the ground floor windows full- height. Flat brick arches rebuilt C20. Central C20 half-glazed door with semi- circular fanlight in brick header arch. Attic casement in gables, the left gable with dentil string. Rear wing, also of brick with tiled roof, has cogged eaves and is of 2 storeys with 2 bays of 3-light barred wooden casements. Cambered window heads. 2 doors to south. At far end is a lower outbuilding, of brick with one post exposed to road side, and then the carriage entry with barn beyond. BARN has 2 bays of heavy timber framing with diagonal braces and brick infill in wall to road. Remainder rebuilt in brick with C19 tiled roof. INTERIOR of house has old oak board and panelled doors, and heavy spine beams and large blocked fireplace in rear wing. Front wing has straight splat balusters to upper flight of staircase, and 2 C18 board doors to attic, each labelled: 'Cheese Roome'.

Listing NGR: SK4054822847

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (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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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)