Description

SS 54 SE
2/5

EAST DOWN
Shortacombe Farmhouse

GV
II

Farmhouse, early C19, stucco with leads rolls on hipped slate roof and quoin
pilasters with Greek key motif. L-shaped plan with stairwell in angle. 2
storeys, 3 bays. Symmetrical facade. Stucco cornice band and plinth. 2 timber
sashes with glazing bars, 8 panes above, 12 panes each side of central
projecting pilastered porch with Greek key motif and deep cornice. Partly
hidden by gutter. Inner doorcase with Greek key motif and rectangular fanlight
with glazing bars and panelled door. 3 stone steps up to threequarter-glazed
pair of outer doors. Above are 2 timber sashes with glazing bars, 8 panes per
sash, each side of timber sash with glazing bars, 6 panes per sash. Hall has
elliptical arch and staircase with wreathed handrail and stick balusters.
Ground floor room to right has elliptical alcoves and egg and dart plaster
cornice. Interior joinery intact.

Listing NGR: SS5884541763

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26611122

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (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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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)