Description

RICHARDS CASTLE

SO47SE BATCHCOTT COMMON
482-1/8/162 Woodcroft

II

House. C17 with C18 extension. Painted timber-frame with
painted rendered panels set on stone rubble and concrete
plinths. Brick extension and outshuts. Plain-tile roof.
Projecting brick gable-end chimneys, plain to north and
stepped with stone lower stage to south.
EXTERIOR: 2-window range with additional extension bay. 2
storeys. East front with two C19 2-light casements to each
floor. Central projecting tiled gabled C20 enclosed porch.
Square framing 4 panels high with girding beam, straight
braces at each truss-post, middle rails and studs. Iron grill
in plinth to possible cellar. To right is a plain brick tiled
gabled extension. To left are brick lean-to extensions
encasing chimney stack. Right return gable-end: end truss with
tie beam, collar and vertical strut visible behind brick
chimney shaft and single-storey extension. Left return
gable-end: end truss, partly masked by brick chimney shaft,
with cambered tie beam, vertical struts and with evidence of
double purlin roof. Rear wall frame: same fenestration and
framing as front with the exception of a central bricked-up
doorway with C20 casement inserted and weathering-boards on
brackets set over ground-floor openings.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO4937871314

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26663632

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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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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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]