Description

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Nanswhyden Farmhouse with wall about 50 metres to south east

(Formerly listed as Nanswydhen Farmhouse with wall about 50 metres to south east)

GV II

Farmhouse. Late C18 - early C19, with few later alterations. Slatestone and granite
rubble. Some brick and granite ashlar. 2-span hipped slate roof with ridge tiles.
Axial stacks with coupled brick shafts and an arch between the shafts.
Plan: Double depth plan; central entrance with 2 front rooms to left and 3 to right;
small single storey wing to front right in granite ashlar with a canted front.
Service rooms to rear.
Exterior: 2 storeys, asymmetrical 5-window front. Ground floor has plank door with
overlight. C19 16-pane sash to left, and C20 window, formerly door, to end left.
Two C19 12-pane sashes and one 16-pane sash to right. All ground floor windows have
brick segmental arches. First floor has two 16-pane sashes and three 12-pane sashes,
of C19. To end right is the single storey wing, with round-arched light with glazing
bars to front, 8-pane sidelights, hipped roof behind parapet. The right end is in
rusticated granite ashlar, with an arcade of three round arches with imposts and
voussoirs, the two to right with 4-pane sashes. Band course and tall parapet with.
three blank panels and moulded coping. About 50 metres to south east is the
remaining wall of a former building which faces the right end of the farmhouse; this
wall also has an arcade of 3 round arches with imposts and keystones, tall parapet
with three blank panels and moulded coping, also in rusticated granite ashlar. The
left end has 4-pane sash at first floor to left and right. The rear is in painted
rubble, with an arcade of 9 recessed round arches through ground and first floors. 3
of the arches retain 2-light 4-pane casements with segmental arches at first floor,
other openings blocked. Ground floor has 12-pane sash with sidelights and three 12-
pane sashes remaining, other openings blocked or blind.
Interior: Not accessible.

Listing NGR: SW8759762597

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26437021

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)