Description

GREAT DODDINGTON HIGH STREET
SP8864 (North side)
17/116 No.10 (Top Farm)
02/08/72 (Formerly listed as No.10)

GV II
Farmhouse. Perhaps C14 origins with datestones 1588, 1764 and 1888. Regular
coursed lias and ironstone with asbestos tile and pantile roof. T-shape plan. 2
storeys. Entrance front of 3-window range of casements with glazing bars under
wood lintels. Central C19 four-panel door under wood lintel with C19 wooden
porch. Projecting wing to left is probably early C18 with 2 leaded casements to
first floor of gable end. C19 canted wood bay with stone base on return wall has
leaded casements. Ashlar gable parapets and kneelers and brick and ashlar stacks
at ridge and end. Stack on left gable is octagonal. Datestones above door are
probably reset (illegible tablet in left gable). Right gable has remains of C14
two-light window. Early C19 wing to rear has leaded casements and stone flight
of steps to first floor door. Interior: first floor room in projecting wing has
C17 panelling with decorated frieze; probably reset.

Listing NGR: SP8839664934

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26292638

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability