Description

ATHERTON CHANTERS AVENUE
SD 60 SE
(west side)
2/5 Chanters Farmhouse
15/7/66
II*
House. "WA 1678" (William Atherton) on door lintel. Hammer-
dressed stone with graduated stone slate roof. T-shaped
baffle-entry plan with 2 storeys (3-storey crosswing) and a
2-storey porch. Quoins. Bay 1 projects as a gabled crosswing
having 5-light double-chamfered ovolo-moulded stone mullion
windows with hoodmoulds on each of 3 floors. One of the
quoin stones is inscribed 17 PCM 23, perhaps recording the
date when the top storey was added to the crosswing. Bay 2
has 2 similar windows and bay 3 a porch with coped gable and
kneelers. Both inner and outer doorways have heavy ovolo-
moulded timber jambs and the original studded door survives.
3-light mullion window to first floor of porch and an oculus
within the gable. 1, 2 and 4-light windows to left return. 4
arched and 2 circular lights to right return. Rear is
rendered and has small C20 addition. Brick gable chimney
stack. Interior: the house-part has a large inglenook
fireplace with ovolo-moulded bressumer beam. Similarly
moulded floor beams were shortened when a staircase was
inserted. The principal first floor rooms also have ovolo-
moulded beams. Built-in panelled oak cupboards. Several
original doors. The house is a fine and largely unaltered
example of C17 domestic architecture.

Listing NGR: SD6811202920

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17533785

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)