Description

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SO 56 NE
2/147

TENBURY CP,
UPPER BERRINGTON,
Upper Town Farm

(Formerly listed as: No. 1,and No. 2, Upper Town; Upper Town Farm, previously listed as Upper Town Farmhouse, UPPER BERRINGTON,)

GV

II
Farmhouse. C17, altered C18, mid-C19 and early C20. Part timber-framed with brick and rendered infill and replacement walling on rubble base, part brick with plain tiled roofs. Hall and cross-wing plan; hall part of three framed bays aligned roughly north/south and having an external brick chimney and remains of a bread oven at its north end. Cross-wing of two framed bays situated at southern end with large brick chimney on its south side. Two storeys and attic.

Framing: hall part of three square panels from sill to wall-plate with long straight braces across some lower corners. Tie-beam truss with lattice struts situated at north end. Cross-wing has two rows of panels surviving at first floor level of west gable end and a collar and tie-beam truss with struts above.

West front elevation: hall part has two two-light casements and two rectangular lights on the ground floor, a two-light casement and a rectangular light on the first floor and a C20 flat-roofed dormer with a three-light casement. Main entrance to right of centre has a timber porch with a curved corrugated iron canopy and a partly-glazed door and transom light with two glazing bars. Cross-wing gable has a three-light ground floor casement, a two-light first floor casement and an attic light. Substantial C20 addition to rear of cross-wing.

Listing NGR: SO5747367318

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26451212

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Recommended Books

• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House