Description

THORNBURY
SS 30 NE

5/61 Little Lopthorne
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- II

House formerly farmhouse. Circa mid - later C17 with C20 additions and
alterations. Rendered cob and stone rubble walls. Thatch roof gabled to left end
and hipped to right, tile the roof to rear addition. 2 rendered brick stacks - one
axial and one at gable-end.
Plan: 2-room plan with larger room to right, may formerly have had a central
through-passage. Both rooms heated but left-hand stack may be later. 2 circa mid
C20 additions made at right-hand end.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 6-window front, lower older part to left is 3
windows wide with C20 3-light casements. Central C20 gabled porch with plank door.
The taller C20 addition has 2-light casements and a glazed door to left. 2 single
light casements where the 2 parts of the house meet.
Interior: fireplace in right-hand room has chamfered and hollow step-stopped wooden
lintel. Closely spaced insubstantial ceiling beams roughly chamfered with run-out
stops.

Listing NGR: SS3981407852

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26612060

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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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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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas