Description

TM 06 NW
4/122

WYVERSTONE
COLLEGE ROAD (North east side)
Town Farm House

GII
House. Early to mid C17, altered C20. Timber frame,roughcast. Half hipped thatched roof. Small four-bay three-cell cross passage plan.

One storey and attic. Ground floor: entrance in cross passage position to left of centre with a C20 studded door,open thatched porch, to left a three-light metal casement, to centre and right glazing bar casements, all C20; a central eyebrow thatched dormer with dual three-light glazing bar casements. Rendered axial ridge stack towards right end between hall and small parlour. Right end pantiled lean-to addition with French windows,attic light above. To rear a door in cross passage position,a one storey thatched backhouse behind service bay.

Interior: hall has a stop chamfered cross axial binding beam on jowled storey posts, tension brace in rear wall. First floor open truss over hall has no tie beam but downward cranked braces from jowled posts to binding beam below, tie beam to left bisected by original doorway, butt purlin roof with collars.

Listing NGR: TM0338166969

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26284573

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Staffordshire (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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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas