Description

MEDMENHAM FERRY LANE
SU 88 SW
(west side)
Duffields
8/114
-
- II
House. Late C17-early C18 cottage, extended c.1900-1905 by Sir
Reginald Blomfield. Cottage has timber frame of slight scantling with
straight angle braces to front and curved braces to gables. Thin
brick infill to front and left gable, rendered infill to right gable
and rear. Old tile roof, brick chimney to right. One storey and
attic, 2 bays. Left bay has paired wooden casements, the upper
window in gabled eaves-line dormer; right bay blind. Half-timbered
single storey extension to right. Entry via c.1900 extension to rear
left. This extension is a large L-plan building with red brick
ground floor, tile-hung upper storey and plain-tile roof. 2 storeys,
gabled projection to left. Leaded casements, central panelled door
with moulded and shaped cornice hood on Doric half-columns. Extension
built as village institute as gift of Mr. H.E. Kearley of Wittington.
(A.H. Plaisted, The Romance of a Chiltern Village, 1958, p.164)

Listing NGR: SU8053984206

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26616987

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House