Description

SX 87 SW OGWELL WEST OGWELL

2/22 Valley Farm
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- II

Former farmhouse. Early or mid C19,probably after 1839 (tithe map), with late C19
addition. Stone, rendered. Slate roof, tarred. Roof of main range hipped at
right-hand end, left hand end gabled with brick stack. Wing roof hipped at rear.
Brick stack at junction of main range and wing. L-shaped plan, enlarged to form a
rectangle. 2 storeys. Symmetrical fronts to south-west and south-east, 3 and 2
windows wide. All windows have barred sashes in recessed box-frames, although the
right-hand ground-storey window of the south-east front is a C20 replica. Many of
the panes are of old Crown glass. Doorway in centre of south-west front has 6-
panelled door, the 2 lowest panels flush. Rectangular fanlight with patterned
glazing-bars. Wide flat hood on shaped brackets. Both fronts have bracketted
eaves cornices. Front door opens on to stair hall with flagged floor of local
marble. Two 6-panel doors. Dog-leg stair with closed string, oblong-section
balusters and turned newels. Right-hand front room has wooden chimmneypiece with
panelled pilasters and dentilled cornice. Roof trusses have notched appexes and
(an archaic feature) vertical struts from the tie-beams halved onto the principal
rafters. Formerly known as Parsonage Farm.

Listing NGR: SX8147570754

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26593031

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)