Description

TF 73 SW
5/9

FRING
BIRCHAM ROAD (south)
The White House

5.6.53

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II

Farm house. Early C19. Gault brick, slated roofs. 2 storey, 3 bay Neo-Classical style with Greek Revival details. Ground floor plinth, end strip pilasters, eaves level parapet with central bay slightly broken forward with pediment. Outer bays with 2 ground floor sashes with glazing bars under flat rubbed brick arches, with recessed panels below and semi-circular brick framing arches above springing from a brick string course running across the bay. 2 first floor sashes with glazing bars under flat rubbed brick arches. Central bay has stone porch with 2 unfluted baseless Greek Doric columns set on plinths with three steps in between, flat roofed porch with entablature and frieze. Wooden doorcase reveals with Greek Doric profile capitals, 4 panel fielded door, 2 upper panels glazed, simple low segmental fanlight with lead glazing bars above. Single sash with glazing bars under flat rubbed brick arch above. Low pitched hipped roof recessed behind facade parapet, 2 gault brick stacks on rear eaves. Returns of whitewashed brick but parapet not returned round sides.
2 storey rear service wing, whitewashed brick, slated roof.

Listing NGR: TF7396334359

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26345877

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings