Description

SP 1037 BROADWAY CP HIGH STREET (south side)
9/117 No 149
(Orchard Farmhouse)
30.7.59
GV II
House. Early C17, extended and altered early C20 by A N Prentice. Lime-
stone rubble with stone slate roof. Comprises a main range of three bays
and a gabled cross-wing at the right (west). Two storeys with attic. Windows
are rebated and chamfered with mullions, mostly with hoods. The cross-wing
has a 5-light window on the ground floor, one of four lights on the first
floor, and a 2-light attic window. Its left-hand return wall has a two-
storey narrow gabled projection which has a one-light window with Tudor-
arched head on each floor. The two left-hand bays of the main range, which
may be a later addition, have 2-light windows and one attic dormer. The
right-hand bay has a 5-light ground floor window and one of four lights
above, partly within a gable. To its left is a small one-light window over
the doorway, which is moulded with Tudor-arched head and a hood with lozenge
stops. Chimney on left-hand gable, which is coped, has moulded cornice. Other
chimneys, in line with doorway and to left of cross-wing, have diagonal shafts,
lozenge friezes, and dentilled cornices. Adjoining to the left are early C20
additions of one storey. Set back immediately to the left is a range which
has four mullioned windows and an attic lit by two flat-headed dormers. Adjoin-
ing it at the left and set further back is a range which has two mullioned
windows. At right-angles at the right is a former barn, converted to form
part of the house and include a music room by Prentice. It has mullioned
windows and its upper storey is lit by two gabled windows facing east. Below
the northern gable is a 5-light window with two transoms. The south gable wall
has a sundial plaque dated "1915".

Listing NGR: SP1051437539

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26510368

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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