Description

ALPHAMSTONE
TL 83 SE
4/2 Abbot's Farmhouse
II
House. Early C17, altered in Picturesque style and extended in early C19.
Timber framed, clad with flint and red brick, roofed with handmade red clay
tiles. 3 bays aligned NE-SW with central chimney stack. 2-storey lean-to
extension to NW, and single-storey extension beyond. 2-storey brick extensions
to NE and SE, forming a T-plan. Slate-roofed porch in S angle. SW elevation,
in main block 2-window range of Gothick sashes with interlaced tracery under
2-centred heads, with crown glass. Above, 2 blind loops and asymmetrical gable
with moulded parapet. In SE extension, one sash of 12 lights and one of 16
lights on each floor, with crown glass. All windows early C19, C20 door. On
right return of main block, crenellated parapet. 2 chimney stacks with grouped
diagonal shafts. The interior of the original block has jowled posts, chamfered
beams with lamb's tongue stops, clasped purlin roof. Formerly known as Ivy
Cottage, but earlier probably the manor held by the Abbot of Edmundsbury.
Moated site. RCHM 6.

Listing NGR: TL8699434783

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26415974

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2