Description

BUXHALL BRETTENHAM ROAD
TL 95 NE

1/24 Leffey Hall
9.12.55

- II

Farmhouse, subdivided into two dwellings. Circa 1550. 1 storey and attics.
3-cell cross-passage entrance plan. Timber-framed and plastered. Pantiled
roof, formerly thatched. An axial C17 chimney, the shaft rebuilt in C19 gault
brick; a second C19 chimney to left. 3 mid C19 dormers with leaded segmental
heads and sash windows. C19 and C20 small-pane sashes. Mid C19 6-panelled
doors at cross-entry position. Heavy unmoulded framing exposed internally:
unchamfered floor joists. At the right-hand end a pair of basecrucks with
tension-bracing and a blocked mullioned window in the gable; the base crucks
formerly supported a half-hip. In the hall is a lintelled open fireplace.

Listing NGR: TL9908657151

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26477985

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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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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)