Description

SWIMBRIDGE
SS 63 SW
8/179 Stone Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse, C17 but earlier fabric possibly concealed. Extended in late C18 or
early C19. Rendered stone and cob. Slate roofs at 2 levels with gable ends.
Hipped roof to porch. 3 room and through-passage plan extended by additional room
at lower end said to have once been a lean-to and later heightened to 2 storeys.
Brick stack at right gable end heating inner room, ridge stack with brick shaft
heating hall and backing onto through-passage, and further ridge stack, formerly at
gable end with brick shaft heating lower end. 2 storeys, including porch to
through-passage. 7 window range. C20 fenestration, 2- and 3-light casements.
Chamfered beams to inner room and hall which retains its original joists. Scroll-
stopped chamfered beam to lower end which has some C18 joinery and large concealed
fireplace with 2 - bread ovens. The house is of interest as it illustrates 4
locational changes in cooking activity; an infilled bread oven to the hall, 2 bread
ovens to the partially concealed fireplace at the lower end, the added bay at the
lower end was refitted as a kitchen in mid C20, and a late C20 kitchen in an
extension to rear of inner room. First floor rooms have C19 ledged plank doors and
wide 5 plank ledged door to inner porch doorway. Roof structure entirely replaced
in late C18 or early C19.

Listing NGR: SS6439733154

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26603524

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5