Description

BROCTON SAWPIT LANE
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1. Bank Top Farmhouse
2385

SJ 91 NT 15/7
II

2.
Early C18 or possibly late Cl7 origin. A T plan farmhouse of 2 storeys, brick on
an ashlar sandstone plinth. The rear wing contains the staircase and service
accommodation. Gable end old tile roof, coped gable ends with brick chimney
stacks. Band between storeys. 4 window south front, modern wood mullion tran-
somed casement but retaining old furniture. Cambered, gauged brick arched,
casements to rear wing. Internally the main south range is divided into 2 bays
by timber stud partitions with a large open, stone surround, firepiace on the east
wall. The ground and 1st floor rooms to the south west are fully panelled in oak,
mitred rail and muntin type of late C17 date perhaps and partly reset. These are
also substantial sections of panelling in the south east 1st floor room and reset
panels to the ground and 1st floors of the staircase. The latter is late Cl7 or
early C18 solid string with turned balusters, square capped newel posts, dog leg
runs.

Listing NGR: SJ9658719437

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26549767

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)