Description

STOKENCHURCH THE COMMON
SU 79 NE

2/152 Tippings
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- II

House, formerly school with master's lodging. Founded 1675 by
Bartholomew Tipping for 12 boys, enlarged 1728 by Thomas Delafield,
schoolmaster. Later alterations. Flint and brick, the front rendered and
colourwashed. Hipped tile roof, flanking brick chimneys. 2 storeys,
2 bays. Tall paired barred wooden casements, 3 to first floor, one to
ground floor right. C20 5-light bow window to left. Central C20 door
with old rectangular fanlight in gabled porch with 4-centred arch.
Flint and brick lean-to to left, rendered lean-to to right. Rear wall
of original front range has quoins and first floor band course of narrow
brick. Rear wing, forming L-plan, is dated TD 1728 on tie beam, and has
lean-to in angle with front wing. Interior has large fireplace with chamfered
brick arch in right room.
(M.S. of Thomas Delafield, Bodleian Library, Cough Oxon 47).

Listing NGR: SU7612296333

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26616907

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)