Description

SUTTON VALENCE FORSHAM LANE
TQ 84 NW
(south side)
Sparks Hall
5/128
26.4.68
GV II

Farmhouse. C15, with later alterations. Timber framed with
plaster infilling except left end bay, which has painted brick
ground floor and rendered first flour. Plain tile roof. Hall
of 2 unequal-length bays. Separately-framed, storeyed addition
to each end, that to left of 2 bays, unjettied and only slightly
projecting; not framed as cross-wings. 2-storeys and attics on
stone plinth. Hall close-studded, with deep cill towards base
of left bay, and with full-height post subdividing right bay.
2 tension braces to right end bay. Hipped roof. Line of wall-
plate of projecting bays continued over hall with boxed eaves.
Multiple brick stack in left end of right hall bay. Large
gabled dormer. Irregular fenestration of 5 casements; one small
2-light to left end, one 3-light to left end bay, one 4-light to
left hall bay, one 2-light to right hall bay and one 3-light to
right end bay. Blocked window with pegged cill to left of right
hall bay. C20 ribbed door up 3 steps to right end of right hall
bay. Lean-to to left. Interior: exposed framing. Gunstock
jowls. Moulded central crown-post. Plain end-of-hall crown-
posts. C17 panelling to left bay of hall.

Listing NGR: TQ8055248332

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26304044

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6