Description

SP 72 SW QUAINTON BOTOLPH CLAYDON

1/41 Finemerehill House

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- II

House. Probably 1875, possibly incorporating parts of an older building.
For the Verney family's Claydon estate. Timber framed with diagonal
braces and brick nogging, partly patterned. Half-hipped tile roofs,
brick chimneys with diagonal shafts and cogged heads, the S. wing with
central pair of stacks. L-plan with projection in rear angle. 1½ storeys
and attic, 2 bays. Barred wooden casements, central door in gabled porch.
2 stone tablets found in porch are dated RD1628 and HV/FDV 1875. Listed as
an unusually late example of local technique of timber-frame building,
and for its picturesque quality.

Listing NGR: SP7152822355

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26411310

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Recommended Books

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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)