Description

TF 72 NE HOUGHTON HOUGHTON PARK

6/15 Carpenter's
Yard Barn

G.V. II

Barn. Mid C18 in the William Kent style. Flemish bond red brick, smut
pantiles. 2 storey Greek cross plan with single storey infilling wings forming
rectangle. West front has 2 storey gabled centre with 2 ground floor segmental
arched boarded window openings. Central entrance bay recessed under
semi-circular arch with boarded infilling has segmental arched boarded door.
First floor platband. Pedimented gable with moulded base and verges, central
brick round arched oculus. Angles of Greek cross plan have single storey ranges
with roofs hipped at angles. To north 2 segmental arched windows and central
segmental arched door to north and south ranges. Each facade shares largely
the same details with variations in the windows. Some moulded brick cornices
surviving. West range partly unroofed. Appears as block plan in Isaac Ware
Plans. Houghton (1735) 1750 edition.

Listing NGR: TF7892828380

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26445502

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)