Survey Data

Reg No

14920001


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Social


Original Use

Farm house


In Use As

Farm house


Date

1780 - 1810


Coordinates

262991, 222127


Date Recorded

18/10/2004


Date Updated

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Description

Detached four-bay single-storey thatched farmhouse built c.1800, with direct-entry plan. Flat-roofed extension to rear. Hipped oaten straw roof with decorative knotting and exposed scolloping to ridge and eaves. Rendered concrete chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls. Replacement timber windows. Replacement timber and glazed door in windbreak with flat concrete roof. Yard to front with outbuildings and having rendered boundary wall and gateway to road.

Appraisal

This thatched farmhouse is a representative example of the county’s thatched heritage. The windbreak is a familiar vernacular detail.