Description

CROWLE CP CHURCH ROAD (east side)
SO 95 NW
6/9 Chequers House
GV II
Farmhouse, now house. Early to mid-C19, altered mid-C20. Brick on lias
limestone rubble plinth, shallow-pitched hipped slate roof with end brick
stacks. L-plan, main range aligned north/south with north wing; two storeys
with dentilled eaves cornice. West front elevation: four bays; windows are
glazing bar sashes with gauged flat heads; ground floor windows are 12-pane
sashes, first-floor windows are single-hung 9-pane sashes; main entrance in
second bay and has good, re-used doorcase of late C18 date with open pediment,
panelled soffit, engaged Doric columns with rosette decorated entablature,
6-panelled door, four panels of which are raised and fielded, and a traceried
segmental fanlight. The right gable end appears to have been rebuilt in C20.
The house and its associated farm buildings (qv) occupies a prominent site
at the juction of Church Road and Old Turnpike Road.

Listing NGR: SO9219156541

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26356491

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990