Description

TL 4843 ICKLETON ABBEY STREET
(South-east side)
21/194 No. 49
(Priory Farmhouse)
GV II
Farmhouse. Early C16 with late C16 brew house to south-east partly
incorporated into the original range with mid to late C17 double pile range
to street and C19 extensions and alterations. Timber-framed and plastered,
gault brick and painted brick. Red plain tiled and slated roofs. Two
storeys. Street elevation C19 refonted and extended by one bay to left hand;
main entrance with wooden reeded doorcase with corner bosses, recessed half
glazed panelled door. One blind and two twenty-paned recessed hung sash
windows, one blind and three sixteen-paned recessed hung sash first floor
windows. End stack to right hand and ridge stack. Some C18 plaster in rear
elevation and casement window with leaded lights. Interior: Exposed C16 and
C17 timber-frame and floor frames; inserted C18 floor to brewery; reduced and
rebuilt C18 kitchen hearth; early C19 details and staircase to main street
range. Candle flame inscription dated 1722 in rear attic. Timber marks in
brewery, IS x 69 x 19. The farmhouse is said to be on the site of Ickleton
Priory.
RCHM Report 1949
Pevsner Buildings of England. p.412

Listing NGR: TL4913443593

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26458235

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings