Description

TL 16SW STAPLOE AND DULOE STAPLOE

1/173 Basmead Manor Farmhouse
7.5.52 (formerly listed as
Basmead Manor)

- II*

Farmhouse, formerly manor house. Late C15 to C18. Part timber framed with
colour washed plaster infill, part colour washed brick. Clay tile roof. Hall
and cross-wing, hall of 2 storeys, cross-wing of 2 storeys and attics. 3-bay
hall : on rebuilt brick plinth, has 2 C19 canted bays and one 2-light
horizontal sash to ground floor, one round-headed fixed light and 2 sashes to
first floor, all with glazing bars. Front door to W, opening onto hallway
originally possibly the screens passage. Interior : open hall divided into 2
floors in C17, retains crown post roof and solar to E with 8-light watching
window with part restored wood tracery. Cross-wing: projecting gable is 1973-
74 reconstruction. Oldest part probably mid-C16, when this block took over
hall's functions. Interior : ground floor room has carved rosettes and
mouldings to beams, one main post with imitation shaft and capital, others
with evidence of similar decoration; brackets to one beam have spandrels
carved with grotesque figures, foilage and feathers; remains of stone
fireplace with roll moulding to jamb, probably C12, reputedly imported from
Bushmead Priory C17 brick addition to rear of cross-wing has complete early
C18 panelling to first floor room. Late C18 2-storey addition within rear
angle, lean-to addition to E of this. (N.W. Alcock; "Timber framed buildings
in North Bedfordshire", Bedfordshire Archaeological Journal, Vol IV, 1969.)

Listing NGR: TL1396861195

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17533255

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)