Description

SS 70 SE SANDFORD

2/191 Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Lower Bagborough
Cottages

GV II

Farmhouse, now 3 cottages. C16, improved in late C16-early C17, subdivided and
extended in mid-late C19. Original farmhouse had 3-room-and-through-passage plan
facing south-east with service room (now No. 3) at left (south-west) end. No. 2
occupies former hall and inner room. No. 1 was added to right (north-east) of
former inner room in mid-late C19 with forward projecting wing. End stacks to
former service and inner rooms and axial hall stack backing onto through passage.
No. 1 has stack between main and front wings. 2 storeys. Overall 6-window front
to main block comprising C19 and C20 casements of various sizes and irregular
disposition including 3 right-hand half-dormers with thatched gables over and plain
bargeboards. No. 3 has C20 iron casements, front door and plain porch. Through
passage door (between No. 2 and 3) has late C16-early C17 doorframe with richly-
moulded surround and C19 hall window to right has late C16-early C17 hoodmould. 2
pigeon holes under eaves between passage door and hall window. Roof is hipped to
left and half-hipped to front wing. Rear passage door has late C16-early C17 frame
with chamfered surround and segmental head and stair turret projecting to rear of
hall and inner room.
Good interior on basis of limited access. Passage to service end is rubble wall.
Passage to hall has late C16-early C17 oak plank-and-muntin screen alongside rear
of hall fireplace. The muntins are chamfered with step stops. Similar plank-and-
muntin screen at upper end of hall and C17 moulded axial beam over hall. Roof not
inspected.

Listing NGR: SS7804104667

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26549993

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  Sussex: West (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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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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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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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)