Description

WOLSINGHAM A689
NZ 03 NE
(South side, off)
22/327 Coves House
Farmhouse

II*

Farmhouse. Late medieval with additions of c.1600, and C18 and later restoration.
Rubble with patches of thin render; boulder plinth; some quoins; roofs of stone
flags and pantiles. T-plan. 3 builds: central 2-storey, 2-bay part; left
addition of 2 storeys, 5 bays, (but 4 windows only)with rear wing of 2 lower
storeys; right addition of 2 storeys, 5 bays; 11 bays in all, stepped down from
left to right to accommodate slope of site.

Oldest build: boarded door at left in flat-Tudor-arched stone surround, with
possible inscription above obscured by vegetation; wide C20 window at right
under stone lintel; small square-renewed casements in chamfered stone surrounds,
with central mullions removed, on first floor. Stone roof and massive right
external stack with many offsets.

Left-part: Late C19 sashes, renewed on ground floor under renewed stone lintels;
some jambs of-previous windows; stone roof and end chimneys. Left gable has
massive external stack with offsets.

Right part: probably originally byre and loft; stone surround with shallow
round head scooped out of flat lintel to door in fourth bay; side stone steps to
first-floor door in third bay; other windows renewed, with flat stone lintels
and projecting stone sills; vent slit above at right. Rear has blocked stone-
mullioned lights, one with iron bar, on 4-window part;and the rear wing of that
build has massive rear gable stack with offsets flanked by blocked triangular
windows in gable peak.

Interior: central part has step down to kitchen with moulded stone segmental
fire arch and low-2-centred arch containing plank door with ornamental strap
hinges; low corbelled bread oven of pinkish-yellow bricks; tongue-stopped
chamfers on mouldings. Similar treatment to stone door surround to rear side
stair with solid wood block first tread, plain thick plank treads above. Left
part shows 5 bays, with quirk-stopped chamfered beams not respected by later
windows; heck-post and fire beam, and screen with round-headed doorway. Tudor-
arched chamfered stone surround to Dutch cellar door in rear wing; door has
bracketed centre shelf; battened planks and strap hinges on pins. Entrance
hall leads to L-plan cut-string stair in rear wing, with fat stick balusters;
wide grip handrail, and chamfered square newels with ball finials.

Listing NGR: NZ0531136312

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17536622

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)