Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 24/03/2014

SP 01 NW
5/17

DOWDESWELL,
Allington House

(Formerly listed as Heylens Farm)

GV II

Detached farmhouse. Mid C19. Coursed squared and dressed
limestone, stone slate roof, stone stacks. Cross-shaped plan with
single storey C19 lean-to at right gable end. 1½ storeys.
Symmetrical facade with central - gable. Central four-panel front
door within segmental-pointed surround. Single light above door.
Two 2-light stone-mullioned casements left and right. Flat-
chamfered gable-end coping with roll-cross saddles. Trefoil finial
at apex of central gable. Triple axial stack at rear, C20 stack at
north-east corner of main body. Exterior largely as built. Forms
a picturesque group with barn (q.v.) at corner of crossroads.
Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SP0081419420

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26381766

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)