Description

WINKLEIGH
SS 60 NW
9/139 Ward Farmhouse
II
Farmhouse. Early C17 possibly with earlier origins, extended in later C17, C18 with
C19 additions. Stone rubble and cob walls, the cob rendered on the 1st floor at the
front. Thatch roof gabled to the left end hipped to the right. 3 rendered stacks,
the one at the left gable-end is brick on a stone base, central axial one is rubble
with a brick shaft, that to the right is brick.
Plan: originally 3-room-and-through-passage plan with lower end to the left. Hall
stack backs onto passage, lower room heated by gable-end fireplace as is inner room
bu the latter may be inserted. The house was extended by one unheated room in the
later C17 or early C18 and there is an C18 outbuilding adjoining it. C19 outshut
built at rear.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Long asymmetrical 6-window front of C20 2, 3 and 4-light
casements. C20 French windows to left. C20 part-glazed door to passage towards
left-hand end with thatch doorhood. C19 or early C20 leanto porch in front of
right-hand end with C19 plank and part-glazed door behind, small gabled early C20
wing projecting from the end. Corrugated iron roof outbuilding extends from right-
hand end.
Interior: lower and inner rooms have chamfered ceiling beams. The fireplaces all
have modern grates. The roof structure may be of considerable interest but was
inaccessible at time of survey;

Listing NGR: SS6448807910

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26457049

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)