Description

REMPSTONE WYMESWOLD ROAD
SK 52 SE
(south side)
8/68 Top Farmhouse
(Formerly listed as
13.10.66 Top Farm and Top Farm
Cottage)
G.V. II
Farmhouse and cottage, now single house. Early C17 with some
later C17 extensions. Red brick, some blue brick chequering and
render. Right 3 bays with plain tile roof and red brick stack to
former left gable. Single left bay of later build with lower
pantile roof. Brick coped gables with kneelers. Rendered
plinth. Large rendered buttress. Dentilled brick bands over
ground and first floor openings where they form semi-circular
arches. 2 storeys plus garret, 4 bays. 4 C20 glazing bar
casements with 4 similar smaller casements above. To the left is
a single storey, 2 bay wing with pantile roof and remains of
similar band to eaves. Single C20 glazing bar casement with
single similar larger casement to the left. 4 tie plates.
Earliest build with wall plate. West elevation with plain tile
roof, single ridge red brick stack, brick coped right gable with
kneeler and similar bands. 3 bays. Single central small glazing
bar casement flanked by single larger C20 glazing bar casements.
2 similar smaller casements above with single central smaller
glazing bar casement. In the garret is a single similar casement
with dentilled arched hoodmould. 4 small round tie plates.
Attached to the right is a single storey blank red brick wing
with a plain tile roof with brick coped right gable with kneeler
and similar band.

Listing NGR: SK5803124325

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26534994

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Recommended Books

• 
  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)