Description

SJ 93 NE CHECKLEY C.P.

8/98 Blythe House

- II

Farmhouse. C18 rebuild of C17 house with early C19 additions. Red
brick; tiled roof; verge parapets to left end, ridge stacks set-in from
ends (larger to left). T-shaped plan; long, low, two-storey front of
three windows and set on C17 chamfered sandstone plinth; three-light
casements; the left-hand pair of windows in two ranges have gabled brick
segmental heads to the ground floor; similar head to main entrance set
centrally between windows; left-hand bay has double doors to dairy and
loft door over; right-hand half of building just distinguishable (straight
joint) as early C19 addition with single range of windows (ground floor
with segmental head) to left end; stable door set to centre of remainder.
Left hand gable has stone steps ascending to first floor loft door.
Interior: C17 chamfered beams to dairy and house; plaster floors on first
floor of C18 part. The C17 plinth is continuous, presumably the present
house was a progressive replacement of a decaying timber frame.

Listing NGR: SJ9991237822

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26655526

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)