Description

HARBERTON
SX7658-SX7758
14/408 EAST LEIGH CROSS
Rock Farmhouse

II

Small farmhouse. Circa late C17. Rendered stone rubble and cob. Asbestos
slate roof with gabled ends. Rendered gable end chimney stacks.
Plan: Original plan uncertain but appears to be 2 rooms with short rear wing
at right angles at higher left end forming overall L-shaped plan. Later
outshuts: rear outshut in the angle of the wing, one at lower gable end and
another at side of wing at upper end. Large projecting chimney stack at
lower gable end with oven. Internal stack at gable end of wing.
Exterior: 2 storeys. 2 window range. Gable end of wing to left with
internal stack. C20 casements, ground floor large, of 3 lights, first floor
2-light casements. Central doorway with C20 gabled porch. Large projecting
chimney stack with set offs at lower gable end with rounded oven
projecting at base.
Interior: Room at higher end has chamfered ceiling beam with straight cut
stops and blocked fireplace. Room at lower end also has blocked fireplace.
Cupboard opposite rear doorway under central stairs has C18 fielded-panel
door. Central stair opposite front entrance between higher and lower end
rooms.

Listing NGR: SX7650658372

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26610626

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Recommended Books

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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  For the Record
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)