Description

TF 56 SW
5/66

THORPE ST.PETER
WAINFLEET LANE
(east side)
Thorpe Farmhouse

G.V.
II

Farmhouse with attached bakehouse, now storeroom, c.1670, mid
C18, c.1820, C20. Stock brick, red brick. Slate roofs with
brick coped gables with kneelers; single large ridge stack,
single projecting gable stack. L-plan plus 2 storey porch in re-
entrant angle, and projecting staircase bay to rear, with C20
covered passage leading to attached mid C18 bakehouse. Plinth. 2
storeys with garret, 4 bay west front encased in stock brick and
remodelled in C19. Projecting porch to left with semi-circular
headed doorway with inner fanlight and double panelled doors.
Single plain sash to right with a single, glazing bar sash
beyond. Left hand bay projects far forward with single glazing
bar sash in return wall and another in its west front. Single
glazing bar sash above to left, with small bathroom plain sash to
right. 2 plain sashes beyond with another glazing bar sash to
right. All the windows with cambered heads. South return wall
of C17 red brick with plinth, first and second floor bands and
projecting stack. The latter, and the outer corners all with
moulded brick quoins. C17 red brick projecting staircase bay to
rear with plinth, moulded brick quoins and 2 brick pilasters
flanking small cellar 2 light casement, and truncated by C19
semi-circular headed glazing bar sash illuminating staircase,
with intersecting glazing bars in head. C20 brick covered
passage to east with plank door, adjoins farmhouse to red brick
bakehouse with brick coped and tumbled gables. Single storey and
garret, 2 bay, with doorway with plank door to left and 3 light
sliding sash to right, both with segmental heads. Kitchen to
south with interior C17 chamfered beam with ogee and roll moulded
triangular stops. The rest of the interior remodelled in c.1820.
All the doorways and fireplaces with delicate reeded architraves
and panelled doors. 2 flight return staircase with carved tread
ends, plain balusters and moulded handrail. Landing with 2
openwork and reeded segmental headed archways. Passageways
upstairs with painted panelling with narrow, raised panels. C17
red brick work on exterior typical of the Fen Artisan Mannerist
style. North range gable end cracked recently revealing a
possible timber framed house inside stock brick casing.

Listing NGR: TF5030060423

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26518172

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