Description

TM 06 NW
4/103

WESTHORPE
Pear Tree Farm House

II

House, latterly 2 or more dwellings. Late C16, extended and reroofed in C19,
altered and extended C20. Timber frame, plastered, steeply pitched machine
pantiled roof. 3 cell cross passage plan, extended by 1 bay to left or
parlour end. 1 storey and attic. Entrance in original cross passage
position; a half glazed door in a gabled porch, 2-light glazing bar casements
and 3 gabled dormers, all C20. Rebuilt ridge stack with white brick dressings
between hall and parlour. Left end C20 external stack. To rear 4 gabled
dormers and a flat roofed outshut from parlour end. Right end lower
weatherboarded and rendered C20 additions. Interior: original basket arched
doorhead to rear of cross passage, mortice for screen which is positioned on
lower side of passage, C17 and panelled with broad muntins; close studding,
straight arched braces in walls; hall has a stop chamfered cross axial binding
beam and fireplace bressumer, altered framing; parlour has a cross axial
binding beam and jowled storey posts. First floor frame concealed, roof
renewed in C19.

Listing NGR: TM0389469841

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26476597

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)