Description

CHIRTON THE STREET
SU 05 NE
(north end)
3/73 No 61
II
Farmhouse, now house. C15, C17 and 18, altered early C19. Timber
framed on Malmstone base, refaced in brick in C18, with pantiled
roof. Two storeys L-plan, front block originally a 2 bay lobby
entry plan with central entrance, a 6-panelled door with flat stone
canopy on brackets. Plat band, flanking early C19 sixteen-pane
sashes with painted wedge lintels and sills. Central stack. Roof
hipped. Timber framing exposed on right gable and rear, 3 panels
high with internal tension braces. Rear wing to right, of 3 bays,
with central lean-to porch and C19 casement windows, those to
ground floor with segmental arches. Flush 5-course vitrified brick
plat band.
Internally, rear wing contains two roof trusses and numerous smoke
blackened timbers of late C15-early C16, and central room on ground
has late medieval moulded cross beams. Roof reconstructed-around
chalkstone and parged stack with stone drip mould now internal.
Early C19 stair at junction with front block, which has two C18
bolection moulded timber fire surrounds in right parlour and room
over.

Listing NGR: SU0740557640

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26287390

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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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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)