Description

SU 73 NW FARRINGDON UPPER FARRINGDON

2/56 Hawthorn Cottage

GV II

House. Early C16, early C17, early C19, with C20 restoration and minor extension.
Mainly brick walls, and a pantile roof. Late medieval 3-bay timber frame with
central hall, with insertion of chimney and upper floor (to the hall) and with an
early C19 extension and some recladding. North front: 1 storey and attic;
2 above 3 windows. The frame is exposed at the east side, with (C20) herring-
bone infill, the west side being brick work of Flemish bond with blue headers
(partly masking the 3rd bay of the frame), cambered arches to the groudfloor,
plinth. Pantile roof, with lowest courses tiled, ½-hipped at the west end,
gabled dormers with cills at eaves level. Casements. Early C20 brick porch
with gabled roof, glazed front above a 6-panelled door. At the rear the roof
extends to a lower eaves, and there is a wing of the east side, brick walls of
English and Flemish bonds. At the west end is a small C20 outshot, of tile and
brick. Inside, the framework is exposed, and indicates the sequence of changes;
there is a lobby entrance at one side of the chimney breast, and a dog-leg
staircase at the other.

Listing NGR: SU7109435076

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26386278

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)