Description

TM 46 NW MIDDLETON MIDDLETON MOOR

6/85 Moor Farmhouse
25.10.51

II*

Farmhouse. Early C16; brick south gable added mid C16 when part
of the house was raised; mid C20 extension to rear. Timber
framed and plastered, red brick gable ends, brick casing to
ground floor of facade; roof of modern concrete pantiles. 2
storeys and attic. 3 window range, mid C20 casements with square
leaded panes; mid C20 lean-to porch and boarded door; 2 gabled
dormers to rear. Very fine south gable: crowstepped, with square
finials above the corbelled eaves; a pair of windows at ground
and first floor levels (those to the first floor blocked); above
each window is a short moulded brick band, and over each band is
an unusual raised brick ornament comprising an upright oblong
with three-quarter circles above and below; this is repeated 3
times above each window, altered slightly on the first floor;
central recessed blank panel at attic level; stack with 3
detached octagonal flues with moulded bases, the caps missing.
First floor bedroom to south has good brick fireplace with 4-
centre arch; above is a very fine plaster overmantel, richly
decorated with foliated and floral motifs and with Tudor roses in
2 spandrels; this room has ovolo-moulded joists in the ceiling.
Sandon, Suffolk House, 1977, p.275.

Listing NGR: TM4172867783

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17546385

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Recommended Books

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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)