Description

TL 4843 ICKLETON DUXFORD ROAD
(East side)
21/229 Abbey Farmhouse
22.11.67
GV II
Farmhouse. Medieval, C13 core with C18 and C19 alterations and additions.
Clunch rubble, timber-framed and plastered and brick. Plain tiled roofs
forming an M profile gable in main range. Rectangular stack and two rear
stacks. Two storeys and attics double pile plan an addition to an existing
C13 building with rear gabled extensions. Symmetrical facade of three 'bays'
with central flat roofed Tuscan portico, six-panelled door with side and over
lights. Two ground floor and three first floor casement windows with
transomes. Interior: Two flights of C17 balustered closed string staircase;
stop-chamfered C17 ceiling beams. C19 and C20 details. C15 ogee-chamfered
tie beam with mortices for wall posts and braces at first floor. C13 doorway
described in 1949 now sealed. Large hearth with ingle nooks and niches
partly relined, C17: other hearths sealed or demolished. Deep splays to
window jambs and doors through original building.
RCHM Report 1949
VCH Vol. VI Ickleton

Listing NGR: TL4890243620

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26458530

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  For the Record
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock