Description

SU 24 NE KIMPTON GREAT SHODDESDON

2/1 Manor Farmhouse

II

House. Late C17, early C18 and early C19. Mixed wall materials, tile roof. 2-storeyed.
T-shaped block, of which the cross piece is older with thick walls now rendered,
and stone quoins (and a massive clasped buttress of stepped brickwork at the angle):
the stem of the early C18; the whole having irregular fenestration, including some
early C19 sashes. The front (south-east) of 2.1 windows has roughcast walls, 1st
floor-band, plinth, flat and cambered arches (one filled upper opening), projecting
stepped stack. Sashes of different size, and one late C19 rectangular bay (of
casements) with a hipped tile -roof. The north-east elevation is rendered above a
brick plinth,, with windows unevenly spaced and of different sizes (but all sashes)
The walls forming the internal angle (west) are of flint to the ground floor with
brick quoins, 1st floor band, cambered arches, cill band and plinth, the upper walls
of brickwork in Flemish and English bond; sashes. The hip at the north west extends
to a low eaves above an outshot & links to a narrow service wing. Of several doors
the main entrance is a glazed porch with a hipped roof. There are 2 flat-roofed
C20 dormers to the south-east and north-east elevations. Within there is a C18
staircase with slatted balusters.

Listing NGR: SU2735848129

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26385591

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)