Description

SOUTH HUISH GALMPTON
SX 64 SE
4/89 Amberwood (formerly included as
Home Park)

II

House. Circa later C17 with C18 additions. Rendered rubble walls which may
incorporate some cob. Hipped thatch roof. 2 axial stacks, both brick, one on a
rubble base.
Plan: originally 2-room plan, the right-hand one heated by a lateral stack; in
C18 1-room wing added to the front of it which was later extended further. At the
end of the right-hand room an C18 outbuilding was added which was converted in the
C20.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical L-shaped front. Main range has C20 2-light
casements on the 1st floor and an early C19 12-pane sash below to left. To its
right is a C20 leanto porch with plank door. The wing at the right-hand end has
C20 2-light casements with a C19 one on 1st floor to the left. Former outbuilding
set back from right-hand end.
Interior: much altered in C20 but retains some original pegged A-frame trusses.

Listing NGR: SX6920740500

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26462476

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Recommended Books

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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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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)