Description

SO 70 SW HAMFALLOW BREADSTONE

2/227 Manor Farmhouse and gatepiers

21.10.52

GV II*

Farmhouse. Medieval, probably late C15 or early C16. Coursed
rubble stone, partly dressed, with timber framed north end from
first floor upwards, small brick wing to south. Cotswold stone
slate roof with coped verge to south, brick and stone stacks. 2
storeys with attic in gable end, L-shape with through passage.
East front has 3 windows, 2-light leaded casements, the pair to far
left having wooden trefoil-head frames. Similar single-light
window with trefoil-head immediately left of central doorcase with
chamfered 4-centred timber arch, large timber lintel over, studded
plank door with large strap hinge. 2-light leaded casement to far
left, 2-light leaded wood mullion and transom to right. To south,
brick wing of very small bricks probably late C16 and smaller C20
brick extension at end. West side has chamfered stone mullion
windows, two 2-light on first floor, one 4-light with square
hoodmould to left on ground floor and 3-light leaded timber window
to right with timber lintel. Central low 4-centred chamfered
stone archway with fixed glass panel and cambered wooden hood on
brackets and original plank door with decorative iron hinges
inside. Timber framed wing in close studding with diagonal
bracing at corners, with 2 windows on 1st floor facing north within
the studding (2 and 3-light), one square attic opening to east, and
one 8-light wood mullion and transom window within the stonework
facing north on ground floor with large moulded transom and upper
horizontal member. West gable wall of this wing has been rebuilt
in coursed and dressed stone.
Interior: Remains of screens partition in through passage, many
fine fireplaces with both stone and wood bressumers, original
internal doors and doorways, many original beams including several
ground floor rooms with compartmented ceilings. Early C18 square
gatepiers in rusticated dressed stone with moulded cornices and
very large stone ball finials.

Listing NGR: SO7146201282

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17538216

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)