Description

DITCHINGHAM THWAITE ROAD
TM 39 SW
Hollybush Farmhouse (formerly
6/39 listed as cottage NW of Station
25.9.51 on site of Pirnhau Hall including
attached barn and cottage)

GV II

House. Late C16 and later, restored C20. Timber frame, rendered and colour-
washed. Steeply pitched roof of single roll-clay tiles. Two storeys and
attics, lobby entrance plan. Fenestration generally C19 and C20 casements
with some restored diamond-mullion windows in west and east gables. Off-
centre axial stack, base rendered, top rebuilt C20. Drip shelves on west
gable. External stack on east gable. Catslide roof over lean-to on north
side. Interior: winding stair in lobby on south side of stack. Bridging
beam with ogee stops. Some C17 ledged doors. At the west end, a first floor
fireplace with elliptical brick arch, chamfered with barred stops. Jowled
principal posts, jointed at first floor level. Roof east of chimney stack
has three pairs of jowled queen posts with straight braces to plates.

Listing NGR: TM3406392363

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26654142

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)