Description

SJ 42 SE BROUGHTON C.P. BROUGHTON

7/4 Broughton Farmhouse
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- II

Farmhouse. Circa 1600 and mid-C17, remodelled in the mid-C19. Pebbledashed
timber frame with brick nogging, underbuilt in painted brick with flush
dressed red sandstone plinth and quoins, and extended in painted brick;
slate roof, 2-span to left. Framing: (concealed) square panels with
long straight tension braces. L-plan; 2 + 1 framed bays with later
infill in angle. 2 storeys and gable-lit attic over basement. Sprocketed
eaves; external brick end stacks. 3 bays; C19 three-light wooden casements;
central 4-panelled half-glazed door with moulded architrave, 4-part
rectangular overlight, and late C19 gabled timber porch with baluster
sides and pierced shaped barge boards with finial. Probably C18 service
wing at rear; painted brick with square-panelled timber framed first
floor; one storey and gable-lit attic; integral brick end stack. Interior:
chamfered beams with plain and ogee stops; large open fireplace in
right-hand ground-floor room with large chamfered lintel; C17 dog-leg
staircase with winders and C19 balustrade, except for C17 newel post
in attic with finial; first-floor early C18 panelled door and old boarded
attic doors. Roof with large purlins and collar and tie-beam end trusses;
truss in rear wing altered to alllow walk-through.

Listing NGR: SJ4973124151

Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)