Description

SP5020 KIRTLINGTON

15/43 Home Farmhouse

- II

Farmhouse. Probably C16 or earlier, re-modelled C17. Limestone rubble with
wooden lintels; concrete plain-tile roof with brick gable stacks. 2-unit plan. 2
storeys. 2-window front has a wide doorway, to left of centre, and has flanking
3-light casements to both floors. 2 lintels have carved chamfer stops but are
re-used. Further entrance in right gable wall. Rear has similar 3-light
casements and a 2-light wood-mullioned stair window, plus 2 blocked openings.
Interior; right bay has an early first-floor structure with 2 deep chamfered
cross beams and very heavy stop-chamfered joists: left bay has later
stop-chamfered joists of slighter scantling spanning onto a spine beam; massive
stacks at both ends with blocked fireplaces; winder stair flanking stack at
right end. Earlier floor structure retains evidence of its original flanking
bays: to right with similar chamfered joists and, to left, with heavy flat
joists.

Listing NGR: SP5017820231

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26651025

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)