Description

SX 47 NW MILTON ABBOT

10/203 Ford Farmhouse
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II

Farmhouse. A thorough late C19 remodelling by Bedford estate of a C17 or earlier
house. The main block dressed stone brought to course with a slate roof hipped at
the left end and gabled at the right end. 4 chimneys: 1 stone stack at the right
end, a tall stack at the left end, a rendered axial stack on the ridge and a central
rear lateral stack. C19 crested ridge tiles. The house is arranged round a narrow
central courtyard. 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 5-window front with the front door on
the front at the right below a rectangular fanlight and cambered stone arch. To the
left of the front door a canted bay window with a sash with glazing bars to each bay.
The left and right-hand windows have paired 12-pane sashes under segmental stone
arches and a stone drip ledge. 4 first floor windows are gabled half-dormers, slate-
hung in the gables with 16-pane sashes.
Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX4037877091

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26399481

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)