Description

SU28SE ASHBURY IDSTONE
8/33
Rectory Farmhouse
21/11/66
II

Farmhouse. Early C18. Uncoursed sarsen rubble, squared and coursed chalk, left
hand section rebuilt in C20 brick; C20 tiled roof; brick stacks. Central
staircase plan with one 4 bay and one single bay rear wings forming U-plan;
2-storeys and attic, 5-window range. Brick segmental arches over late C19
two-light casements in place of original sashes; central late C19 panelled
door. Sarsen to ground floor with chalk first floor divided by brick bandy
dentilled eaves cornice; 2 gabled C20 dormers; hipped and gabled roof; ridge
and end stacks. Wing to rear right of uncoursed sarsen rubble with brick
dressings; C20 casements; flat gauged-brick arches over first floor windows,
brick segmental arches on ground floor; 6-panelled door with scrolled brackets
and flat hood, flanked by canted bay windows. Single-bay wing to rear left.
Interior not inspected but said to have good staircase and early C18 panelled
rooms.

Listing NGR: SU2570884183

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26572915

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)