Description

BISHOPS FROME
SO 64 NE
815/18/10009
Broadfield Court

II

House. C17; remodelled circa late C19. Ground floor painted English garden wall bond brick, roughcast timber frame above. Clay plain tile roof with gabled ends. Brick lateral stacks at rear . PLAN: 2-room plan main range with central entrance/stairhall and rear lateral stacks; circa late C 19 rear wing at centre and other C20 single storey extensions at back. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic. Symmetrical 3-window west front with string at first floor level, and C19 2-light casements with glazing bars and wooden architraves with cranked heads; centre first floor casement replaced. Central doorway with panelled door, gabled canopy and side lights; gabled attic dormer at centre. Similar windows in gable ends; cast-iron casement to attic in north gable. Brick wing at centre at rear and C20 single storey rear extensions. INTERIOR: Chamfered ceiling beams on ground and first floor. Exposed wall-framing on first floor with jowled storey-posts, and timber-framed partition between right-hand and centre bays. 4-bay roof with two queen-post and collar trusses and one elm king-post and strut truss, with staggered purlins throughout. Late C19 joinery includes panelled doors and staircase with stick balusters; right-hand room has later C19 marble chimneypiece.

Listing NGR: SO6601148322

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26282969

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)