Description

SO 46 SW
5/61

KINGSLAND CP
WEST TOWN
Showers Farmhouse

GV
II

Farmhouse. Late C18 with some mid-C19 alterations. Brick with hipped
slate roof and gable-end stacks. East front of three storeys with moulded
stone cornice to parapet. Three windows, two tripartite sashes flank a
glazing bar sash, all under rubbed brick heads with painted stone sills.
Second floor windows similar, but of smaller proportions. Ground floor
has two semi-elliptical plan bay windows with tripartite sashes divided
by slender Doric columns. The doorcase has engaged Doric columns and a
dentilled broken pediment. The fanlight has ornamental glazing and the
door is of six panels. A low two-storey C19 service range is attached to
the right with tripartite sashes and dentilled cornice. Interior: all the
ground floor front rooms have plaster cornices. Staircase has stick balusters.
The north room has been enlarged to take in the site of the back staircase
which was papered with Gothick designs, now hidden by a later false wall.

Listing NGR: SO4398761281

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26460589

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
• 
  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)