Description

BUXTON

SK07SE ST PETER'S ROAD, Fairfield
616-1/2/97 (North East side)
15/05/72 Hawthorne Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse, now guesthouse. Early C17, extended 1905 and
altered early C20. Whitewashed rubble, with painted gritstone
dressings. Slate and C20 tile roof with one brick and 2 stone
stacks.
PLAN: originally T-plan, main range and crosswing, with cross
passage entrance; the principal room to right and the services
to left. Later a small staircase extension was made within the
front north-west angle, and in 1905 a wing was added to the
rear of the house.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. South garden front has 3 windows arranged
1:2, and projecting gable to left with 2 irregular windows and
above a single window. Set back to right, rear wing has
doorway to left with C20 door, and 2 windows to right, above
two 2-light casements. Re-entrant angle to left has small
staircase window with glazing bars.
North entrance front, original house projects to right with
single square bay window with cross casements and small window
to right. Above a 2-light casement. Left gable has plain sash
with 2-light casement above.
West front of later wing has 2-light casement with above
timber square oriel window with 3 casements and a flat roof,
to left another casement.
North gable front has doorway with cross casement to right and
above a central similar casement. All windows have late C19
casements with diamond leaded lights.
INTERIOR: retains many original features including enclosed
roof with truss visible, with queen struts and pegged
principals. 2 round headed wooden door cases survive; one to
1st floor the other to ground. Ground floor has corbelled
stone fireplace to principal room, front right. Kitchen with
ovolo moulded beam, and exposed joists, salt box to chimney
breast, splay window and flag floor. The fireplace with C19
ornate carved surround.

Listing NGR: SK0670173995

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26549248

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)