Description

TF 03 NW BRACEBY AND SAPPERTON MAIN STREET
(north side)
3/4 Braceby
19.2.52 Braceby Manor Farm House

G.V. II

Farm house; 2 C17 phases with later dated 1653, with C19 additions. Coursed
limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and quoins. Pantile roof with stone
coped gables and moulded stacks and one similar ridge stack. T-plan with
staircase block to rear. 2 storey with garret, 6 bay facade with plinth.
Off-centre plain wooden door with small glazed opening with low 4 centre arched
head covered by flat hood mould with label stops. Over door a datestone
inscribed "LT 1653". To left four 3-light mullioned windows and to right a
single 4-light mullioned window. First floor has six 3-light mullioned
windows. All windows have moulded cornices and iron casements. Between the
3rd and 4th bays a C14 stone finial has been incorporated into the wall.
There are several reused mullioned windows in the C19 rear extension and the
staircase block also has mullioned windows. Interior has a C17 stone fireplace
with four centred arch and moulded surround.

Listing NGR: TF0162735435

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26315753

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)