Description

TL 96 NE NORTON WOOLPIT ROAD

2/121 Street Farmhouse
15.11.54 (formerly listed as
Tiske Farmhouse and Barn,
Ashfield Road)

GV II

Farmhouse, early C17 with possible earlier core. 2 storeys. 3-cell lobby-
entrance plan. Timber-framed and plastered. Plaintiled roof, the front slope
renewed in concrete plaintiles; the hipped slope to right is slated. An axial
early C17 chimney of red brick with sawtooth shaft. Mid C20 casements with
transomes. A doorway in the gable wall to right at 1st storey level (once
serving a granary over the service end) has been converted to a window. C19
gabled plaintiled porch at lobby-entrance position has a mid C20 battened and
boarded door. A rear wing to left, timber-framed and plastered, has an early
C18 parapet gable in red brick with random burnt headers, and with a chimney
at the apex. Interior not examined.

Listing NGR: TL9574865546

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26477991

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)