Survey Data
Reg No
13901108
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Farm house
In Use As
Farm house
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
292153, 300762
Date Recorded
14/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey straw thatched dwelling, built c. 1830. Straw thatched roof, metal ridge, red brick chimneystacks. Lime-washed masonry walling. Square-headed window openings, painted sills, containing two-over-two timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening at projecting doorway containing timber panelled door, opening onto garden bounded by low painted rendered walling with flat coping stones. Rectangular gate piers containing wrought-iron gate. Farmyard to rear (east) with number of corrugated metal sheeting farm buildings. Located on quiet country road.
Appraisal
This is a very fine example of a well-maintained thatched house. Although modest and unpretentious it is full of appeal and representative of a vernacular type. The survival of the original fenestration adds to its significance.