Description

SE 29 SW HORNBY HORNBY PARK

4/50 Old Park House

- II

Farmhouse. Early C17 with probably later C17 raising of upper storey, and
mid C19 extensions. Rubble with ashlar dressings, concrete interlocking
tile roof. 2 storeys plus attic, 4 first-floor windows, with added rear
outshut, and single-storey range to rear left and end right. Quoins. In
second bay, part-glazed door in chamfered quoined surround with hoodmould.
Ground floor: 3-light double-chamfered mullion windows with hoodmoulds, that
in first bay with mullions removed and C20 casement window. First floor: 3-
light double-chamfered mullion windows except in second bay, single-light
window to attic staircase blocked with small hand-made bricks. Shaped
kneelers, raised verges with ashlar coping. C20 brick stacks to end left
and between second and third bays. To right, C19 single-storey lean-to
extension with board door in quoined surround. Rear: quoined surrounds to
windows of C19 outshut. Left return: part-glazed door in chamfered,
quoined, triangular-headed surround, giving access at side of chimney-stack;
2-light attic window, partly blocked with small hand-made bricks; to left,
single-storey extension with quoined surrounds to openings and pantile roof
with stone slates at eaves. Right return: pigeoncote in gable of main
house; lean-to extension with cart-shed separating household 2-seater earth
closet at front from farmworkers' 2-seater earth closet at rear. Interior:
stop-chamfered beams and irregularly-spaced joists; to left, brick-lined
chimneystack, with ingle-post and stepped stop-chamfered beam on ground
floor, the stack shaped as a smoke hood on first floor, and with brick top
in attic. Original straight-flight staircase to attic, with winders at top
and splat balusters. Original butt-jointed floor boards and plank doors in
attic. 3 roof trusses with curved principals terminating in collar.

Listing NGR: SE2166592092

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26424413

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Recommended Books

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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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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  For the Record