Description

NORTON WOODFIELD ROAD
SE 51 SW (south side, off),
Barnsdale

3/96 Summer House Farmhouse
5.6.68, and flat
(formerly listed as
Barnsdale Summer House)
II
Farmhouse now 2 dwellings. c1830, altered. Cement rendered, C20 cement-tile
roof. 2 and 3 storeys, 1 : 3 : 1 bays; taller, canted centre with lean-to
outer bays; rear addition of later date. In Gothick style. Ashlar plinth.
3 rectangular steps to part-glazed 6-panel door and fanlight with Gothick
glazing bars in hooded, arched ashlar surround; other bays have projecting
sills and ashlar surrounds to pointed sashes with intersecting-tracery
glazing bars. 1st floor: band; central bays have sill band linking ashlar
surrounds of trefoil-headed sashes; blind quatrefoils to bays 1 and 5.
2nd floor: centre has string course, 3 blind quatrefoils and band. Embattled
parapets mask the roofs, the centre with ridge stack and hip to rear.
Prominent landmark visible from the Great North Road (Al).

Listing NGR: SE5176813103

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26575243

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Recommended Books

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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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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)