Description

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5280 SEAL UNDERRIVER

Absalom's Farmhouse
TQ 55 SE 47/1074 10.9.54.

II GV

2.
Main part a substantial house of early C17 appearance but parts may well be
older. Restored in C18 (date plaque 1778) when ground floor was sheathed in
galletted coursed stone. 3 storeys, 4 windows, irregular. Tiled roof hipped
at right. 1st floor C19 tile hanging. Leaded casement windows. Much wide-chamfered
heavy timber inside. One original and several restored stone, Tudor-arched
fireplaces. 2 panelled rooms one with much old linenfold, possibly imported.

Absalom's Farmhouse, the Granary and former cowshed, the formal garden walls,
the stable range and cobbled yard and the oast range form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ5624552439

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26562658

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)