Description

TM 07 NW
1/43

HINDERCLAY
FEN STREET (SOUTH SIDE)
Holiday Farm House

II

Farmhouse. Mid C16, part rebuilt and extended early C17, extended and altered
C19, altered C20. Timber frame, plastered. Steeply pitched machine tiled
roofs. A 3 cell cross entry plan with parlour end jettied, turned around with
service end rebuilt as a 3 bay parlour cross wing. 1 storey and attic with 2
storey and attic cross wing. Entrance in original cross entry position to
left of centre in a C19 lean-to outshut from C17 cross wing, part glazed 6
panelled door, shaped brackets to gabled hood, C20 1,2 and 4-light metal frame
casements, a 2-light gabled dormer over hall. Cross wing to left has a round
light in attic, exposed plates and double purlins; parlour is to rear with
ridge stack in central bay, rebuilt cross-quadrate shaft, left return cased in
C20 brick. Axial ridge stack on main range to right of centre between hall
and original parlour. 2 bay C19 service addition to front of original parlour
with glazing bar casements, C20 external stack on right return. To far right
a half glazed door into main range. Right end jetty has large brackets,
ground floor margin glazed window, exposed plates and double purlins; attached
to rear right a 1 storey service outbuilding with a stable door. To rear C17
parlour gable end is brick cased with cambered heads to casements, an attic
round light. Main range has a catslide roof over an open verandah with arched
braces from timber uprights, two 2-light gabled dormers. Interior: frame
largely concealed, an arched brace to cross axial binding beam in original
parlour. C17 parlour and chamber have close studding, bar and indent stop
chamfered binding beams, stop chamfered mid-rail.

Listing NGR: TM0266578341

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26654835

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Recommended Books

• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover