Description

DODDERHILL CP ASTWOOD LANE (south side)
SO 96 NW
6/7 Astwood Farmhouse
15.6.76
- II*

Farmhouse. Late C16 with alterations of c1800 and C20. Timber-frame, front
faced in brick, lath and plaster infill, tile roof. H-plan, hall aligned
east/west, ashlar lateral stacks to cross-wings and rear (north) of hall,
each with three star-plan brick shafts, early C19 caps. South front: brick,
two storeys and attic lit by 1:2:1 windows: 3-light C19 casements under segmental
heads, the two in the hall range with gablets above, and all have recessed
panels above and below them; 1:2:1 windows, 3-light C19 casements with
rectangular panes, copper cames and segmental heads; ground floor 1:1:1
windows as above, door to left end of hall range with late C20 glazed porch.
Framing: visible in all of the other elevations; close-studding with mid-rail
to each floor, straight tension braces; gable of east cross-wing close-studded
with two collars, tie-beam jettied out with decorative brackets to wall-plate;
west cross-wing gable filled witn herringbone framing. Rear entrance (at
east end of hall) has studded door of c1600.

Listing NGR: SO9423565590

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17548668

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]