Description

SD 63 NW THORNLEY-WITH-WHEATLEY BIRKS BROW

7/156 Higher Birks Farmhouse
13.2.67 (formerly listed as Higher Birks
Farmhouse and stables)

GV II

House, mid C19th with C17th remains. Sandstone, squared and coursed at the
front and rubble at the rear. Slate roof. Double-pile plan with gable
stacks. 2 storeys with attics. North-west front of 3 bays, the windows
being sashed with architraves. The door has a shouldered architrave with
pulvinated frieze and triangular pediment. The gables have shaped bargeboards.
The left-hand gable has a one-light attic window with the remains of a
chamfered surround. The rear wall has double-chamfered mullioned windows.
To the left of the porch is one of 5 lights with one of the lights blocked,
to the right is one of 4 lights. On the 1st floor are 2 modern windows with
plain stone surrounds. Between them is a tall stair window using the remains
of double-chamfered surrounds. The door, inside an open stone porch, has
a chamfered surround with triangular head.

Listing NGR: SD6165139076

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26644156

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas