Description

TQ 19 NE SHENLEY LONDON ROAD
(Northeast side)
Shenley

7/267 No. 2
(Pursley Farm House)

GV II

House. Mid to late C17, extended and altered c.1840. Timber frame,
extended in brick. Rendered and whitewashed. Tiled roofs. Originally L
plan with 3 bay front and 1 bay rear wing. 2 storeys and attic. Original
front to road; central entrance under timber porch with hipped, tiled
roof. C19 flush frame architraved sashes. Right return: later ground
floor canted bay, first floor sash, attic casement, bargeboarded gable.
Attached at rear right: 2 storey C19 block, mixed fenestration. Tall
stack to rear of right 'parlour' bay. 1 storey rear extensions. Sashes
to rear of original wing, some flush frame, some in reveals. Added to
left and set back a separately roofed mid C19 block presenting 3 bay
front to yard: central entrance in gabled porch, sashes with cambered
heads, twin bargeboarded gables. Gabled to left end. 2 tall stacks in
valley where C19 block meets earlier building. Interior: stopped
chamfered ground floor binding beams, exposed joists. c.1840 stair with
iron balusters and parlour fireplace. (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL1946299977

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26392853

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Recommended Books

• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)