Description

TL 1350 3765 MEPPERSHALL
3/55
Woodhall Farmhouse

II

House. C16 with C19 reworkings. Timber framed construction with colourwashed
roughcast render, ground floor encased and rebuilt in colourwashed brick.
Clay tile roofs. 2-storeyed T-plan building. C19 2 and 3-light casements
throughout, except for C20 bow window to SW gable end. Gabled colourwashed
brick porch with oak plank door to SE elevation. Multiple ridge stack to
cross-wing, 2 external chimney stacks, one very substantial, to NW elevation
of main block. Top part of all 3 rebuilt in C19 yellow brick, lower parts of
external ones rendered. Single-storeyed lean-to addition to NW. Interior:
cross-wing ground floor has moulded beams, the moulding suggesting a first
floor jetty at least to the NW. 2 4-centred arched stone fireplaces, one
with foliate carving and coat of arms, apparently imported from elsewhere.
Flanking one of these some panelled dado, again imported. C18 staircase with
paired turned balusters.

Listing NGR: TL1350437663

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26407678

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5