Description

ILKETSHALL ST. ANDREW CLARKE'S LANE
TM 38 NE
2/6 Orchard Farmhouse
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GV II
Farmhouse, marked on the O.S. map as 'Birchams Farm'. Early C17. 2 storeys
and attics; 3-cell lobby entrance form. Timber-framed, plastered, clay
pantiles. An internal chimney stack with a plain rebuilt shaft of old red
brick. At the base of the shaft is a small empty recessed panel with moulded
surround. 3 old cross windows to the ground floor, and 2, with one plain 2-
light casement window, to the upper floor; 2 gabled dormers with plain 2-light
casement windows. Above the entrance is an original 3-light diamond-mullioned
window, and on the upper floor of the rear are 2 more mullioned windows, one
3-light with ovolo moulding, the other 4-light with the outer moulding hacked
off. An early C19 gabled porch, rendered and pantiled, with an arched opening.
The entrance doorway inside has a pointed Gothic arch, and a door with 2
matching half-glazed leaves with Gothic tracery. Main beans visible inside;
newel stair by the stack. At the north end, a C19 single-storey lean-to in
red brick with pantiled roof projects forward beyond the line of the main
front. It is unoccupied and becoming derelict.

Listing NGR: TM3818987854

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26572916

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings