Description

SO 54 NE PRESTON WYNNE CP PRESTON WYNNE

5/69 Court Farmhouse
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20.10.52
GV II*

Farmhouse, now partly store and partly empty. C14 with C17 and later
alterations and additions. Timber-framed and brick with rendered
finishings, pantiles to hall range and slates to cross-wings. Large
rubble external stack with diagonally set clustered brick shafts at
east junction of hall and cross-wing; side stack to cross-wing in
corresponding position to west. T-plan with C14 main hall range
aligned roughly north/south and C17 cross-wing added to south end.
Main range of four bays and cross-wing, remodelled C19, now of three
windows. One storey and attic to main range; two storeys and attic
to cross-wing. West elevation: two plus one windows, exposed unfenestrated
timber-framing, three panels high to left, two entrances from high rubble
plinth to centre of hall range and one 4-light late C19 casement to right
with two gabled dormers above; gable end of cross-wing has attic light.
South elevation: regular mid-C20 casements and central glazed door under
gabled porch. Interior: C14 spere truss and spere posts, a cruck and
cusped raking struts remain in south end of hall part. Much of the
interior timber is white washed. (RCHM Vol II, p 155, plates 23 & 39).

Listing NGR: SO5574947005

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17537449

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014