Description

GREAT FINBOROUGH VALLEY LANE
TM 05 NW

2/127 Bridge Farmhouse
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- II

Former farmhouse. C15 with alterations of late C16 and C17. 3-cell plan.
One storey and attics. Timber-framed and plastered. Thatched roof, half-
hipped at both ends. An axial chimney of red brick with C20 rebuilt shaft,
and an end chimney to left of C18/C19 red brick. Two C20 eyebrow casement
dormers. C20 lean-to thatched entrance porch with oak plank door. A 2-bay
open hall: the open truss has part of its cambered tie-beam with thick
unchamfered arch braces. Close studding; the lower half of the original hall
window has its diamond mullions exposed and glazed. Smoke-blackening at upper
level; roof probably of coupled-rafter type. In late C16 the service cell was
demolished and 2-bay parlour block was built; 2 good diamond-mullioned
windows. Back-to-back open fireplaces and 1st floor of on-edge floor joists
inserted into hall in C17.

Listing NGR: TM0185456364

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26284438

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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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)