Description

ST 75 NE FRESHFORD C.P. SHARPSTONE

5/46
The Hermitage
1.2.56
II
G.V.

House. Late C14th/C15th; much restored and altered late C19th. Coursed
squared rubble with freestone dressings; Cotswold stone slate roofs with coped
raised verges; octagonal ashlar stacks. T plan with gabled cross wing to (left)
south. 2 storeys and attics. 2 bays. 2- and 3-light casement windows with
moulded mullions and transome under drip moulds; in apex of gable, one single
light casement with cusped 4-centre arch lintel. Modern door under 4-centred
arch lintel and porch with Cotswold stone slate roof in re-entrant angle
between wings. Interior: Part of stone newel staircase, with upper part
blocked: south-east room has stone recess (possibly an aumbry); 3 arch-braced
collar beam trusses in south wing; 2 with cusped windbracing.

Listing NGR: ST7844759740

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26452056

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014