Description

ABDON

SO58NE Upper House including veranda
482-1/1/7

II

Farmhouse now house. C18 and early C19. Dated 1816. Rubble
stone, coursed stone rubble, brick. Hipped slate roof with
deep eaves and one gable. Central brick ridge stack, brick
eaves stack, and projecting stone gable end stack with brick
shaft. L-shaped original range with end and rear extensions.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Front facing south-west has, to right, a
C19 brick extension; to centre an C18 stone wing; to left the
projecting wing of the L-shape plan. Brick extension wing with
single ground-floor sash and first-floor timber mullion and
transom window with multi-pane casements, both with keyed
stone lintels. 6-panelled door and toplight with simple
pilaster frame to left. Stone wing has timber mullion and
transom window at each storey with brick segmental-headed
lintels. Projecting C19 open veranda covers ground storey.
Entrance in south-east projecting wing: single timber
cross-window to each floor and plain boarded front door with
hoodmould. All openings with segmental-headed lintels. Left
return gable end has attic casement to side of central stone
stack. Right return side of front: 8/8 sash over multi-pane
casement, both with keyed stone lintels. First-floor lintel
keystone is dated. Rear: part masked by lean-to outshut.
Projecting rear wing is stone 2-window range with timber
mullion and transom casements under brick segmental-headed
lintels.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO5745686330

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26663479

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)