Description

BRAUNSTON LITTLE BRAUNSTON
SP5466
19/108 Honey Hurst Farmhouse and
attached barn

- II

House. Probably a C16 3-bay open hall with floors inserted in the C17. Coursed
limestone and ironstone rubble, slate roof, brick stacks. Left side rebuilt in
brick, also part of right bay at rear. Through-passage plan. 2 storeys; 3 bays.
C20 brick porch in second bay from right and C20 doorway with wood lintel. C20
sash window with wood lintel to right. 3-light casement window with wood lintel
to left and 2-light casement window with wood lintel in left bay. 2-light
casement windows with wood lintels to first floor. Coped left gable with
kneelers. Barn extension to right, C19. Datestone 1840/W.H. on right side.
Coursed ironstone rubble, slate roof, one storey and loft, 3 bays. Doorway in
left bay has wood lintel and plank door. One light window with wood lintel to
right and plank stable door with wood lintel in right bay. 12-pane window with
wood lintel to first floors. Brick dentil cornice. Interior: stop-chamfered
spine beams and joists carried in moulded wall plates in two ground floor rooms,
Stud partition to right of entrance with doorway to sitting room. There was
probably a second doorway at the opposite end of this partition as the timber is
cut for hinges. Sitting room has open fireplace with moulded timber bressumer
and bread oven. Open fireplace in hall. Roof structure partly exposed on first
floor with original tie beams, rafters and purlins. (Loft not inspected). The
C17 service quarters were probably the present sitting room, to right of screens
partition with hall and parlour to left.

Listing NGR: SP5464266078

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26341352

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)