Description

TQ 53 NW SPELDHURST THE GREEN (east side), LANGTON
GREEN
7/490 Hollonds Farmhouse
GV II

Farmhouse. Early C19 with late C19 extension. The older part is sandstone
rubble laid to rough courses with stone ashlar dressings and first floor of
porch is exposed timber framing. Late C19 extension in same masonry style but
larger, more neatly dressed sandstone blocks are used. Brick stacks and
chimneyshafts. Peg-tile roof (formerly thatch according to the farmer).

Plan: 3-room lobby entrance plan house facing north onto The Green. Axial
stack set more to rear between left and centre rooms. Lobby entrance in front
behind 2-storey porch. This was the original house. The right (west) end
room with its rear lateral stack is the late C19 extension.

2 storeys.

Exterior: Front has a 1:2-window front at ground floor level with the only
first floor window on the porch. This last one is a C20 casement with no
glazing bars. The ground floor ones are late C19 casements with glazing bars
(similar windows each end). Front doorway left of centre contains a plank
door and set behind the 2 storey porch. Porch is-stone at ground floor level
with a full width elliptical arch of plain sandstone ashlar. Framed first
floor jettied a little forward and gable has plain bargeboards with apex
finial (same on gable ends of the main block). Main block has a projecting
flat stone band at first floor level.

Interior: Was not available for inspection at the time of this survey.

Hollands Farmhouse was presumably built as the home farm belonging to the
Decimus Burton house, Hollonds (q.v.) which stands close by. It also forms
part of a group with the attractive buildings around The Green.

Listing NGR: TQ5422739119

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26551935

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Care and Repair
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
• 
  For the Record
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets