Description

TF 04 SE ASWARBY AND SWARBY SCREDINGTON ROAD
(North side)

5/18 Thorns Farm House
18.5.88
G.V. II

Farmhouse. 1852. Built for the Whichcote family of Aswarby Park. Red brick
in Flemish bond with ashlar dressings, slate roof with 2 gable stacks
having moulded and dentillated ashlar cornices and single plain gable stack
to rear range. L-plan. 2 storey 3 bay front, the middle bay is advanced and
has an open pediment, dentillated eaves cornice. Central glazed double
doors with bordered stained glass lights and stained glass fanlight in a
semi circular arched surround with plain ashlar impost and key blocks.
Flanked by single glazing bar sashes. To first floor are 3 similar windows.
All windows have cambered brick heads with flush splayed ashlar lintels. In
the central gable is an ashlar plaque bearing the date 1852 in raised
letters.

Listing NGR: TF0810040489

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26595102

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Warwickshire (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 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)