Description

NETHER WHITACRE DOG LANE
SP29SW (South-east side)
5/97 Church End Farmhouse and
attached barn
GV II
Farwhouse, now divided into two dwellings, and attached barn. C17. Timber-framed
with brick infill panels and some brick rebuilding; plain tile roofs; brick
ridge stack and external end stack. L-shaped plan. Main 3-cell range of
farmhouse aligned east-west facing south with south projecting cross-wing. The
2-bay barn lies to the south on the same alignment as the cross-wing, and is
linked to it by a covered carriageway. North front: 2 storeys: 3 tiers of square
panels to eaves level, and straight braces. Irregular fenestration: 2 C19/C20
casements to each storey. Gabled cross-wing to the right with stack in the
centre. It is roughcast to the right of the stack but part of a queen strut roof
truss is exposed to the left. The right hand return of the wing is roughcast: 2
storeys; 2 windows: C20 casements. Early C19 6-panel door to the right with
reeded and pedimented wooden surround,. There is another entrance on the south
front. To the right of the wing is the carriageway and barn; the side walls of
the latter has been rebuilt in brick but the north wall retains square panel
framing. Barn doors to the right; pitching hatch to the centre. Interior: the
house has a wide fireplace in the central room with ovolo-moulded bressumer and
stone jambs, the right hand one having a wide stopped chamfer. Chamfered and
stopped spine beans and exposed queen strut roof trusses. The barn also has
queen strut roof trusses and straight wind braces.

Listing NGR: SP2333793077

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26286207

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (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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  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)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)