Description

SO 39 SE MORE C.P. LINLEY

7/12 Partridge Farmhouse
- and Partridge Farm
Cottage

- II

Farmhouse, now divided into 2 houses.C17 with considerable later additions
and alterations, mainly in mid C19. Timber-framed, now mostly clad in uncoursed
limestone rubble; slate roofs graded to front slope, slightly projecting end
stack and 2 brick ridge stacks. Roughly T-shaped in plan. Partridge
Farmhouse. 2 storeys; 3 windows, C20 casements, those on ground floor under
C19 cambered brick heads; central C20 half-glazed door and porch. The 1½
storeyed wing at right angles to the rear (now mainly Partridge Farm Cottage)
was possible originally the main part of the house; it retains some timber
framing visible below the eaves and was probably once jettied to the first
floor; the left hand end of the range is mid C19 (note the difference in
the height of the eaves in the 2 parts). Interior. Retains some structural
wall framing (rectangular panelling), showing that the right hand end of
Partridge Farmhouse is a later addition; massive double purlins (now plastered
over) and heavy beams and joists; an infilled inglenook fireplace (beneath
the more prominent of the 2 ridge stacks) occupies much of the dividing wall
between the 2 properties.

Listing NGR: SO3519892298

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26306256

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)