Description

NEWBOLD ASTBURY C.P. WATERY LANE
SJ 86 SW
4/68 Brook Farmhouse
-
- II

Farmhouse. Early C17. Timber framed with rendered infill and plain
tile roof (probably originally thatched). Two storeys. The entrance
front has a stone plinth common to the whole building. Projecting
wing at right with close studding to both floors and corner posts with
decorative jowling to the tops of the walls. Two 3-light C19 casement
windows to the ground floor and two to the first floor. The gable has
decorative chevron strutting to the sides and a central post above
which is a queen-post truss. To the left of this is a range with
close studding to both floors. To the ground floor right is an C18 or
early C19 door with 6 panels, the lower two flush and the upper 4
raised and fielded, in a moulded surround with C19 gabled porch
before. To left of this are two 4-light casement windows and to the
first floor one gabled window with a king post and chevron strutting
to the gable, now containing a 3-light C20 casement window but
originally probably of 5 lights. The sides and rear are pebble-dashed
and the rear has an outshut at left and a projecting C17 wing to
right.
Interior: Chamfered ceiling beams to the ground floor rooms and
timber framing to internal walls. One C17 stair well with
small-framed walls and rectangular newel posts with retangular knops.
Ingle-nook fireplace to one ground floor room.

Listing NGR: SJ8427060763

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26596359

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)