Description

SO 45 NW DILWYN CP -

4/3 Bidney Farmhouse
20.2.53

GV II

Farmhouse. C16, extended C17 and early C19 with some mid-C20 alterations
Timber-frame with rendered infill partly clad in coursed rubble under a
slate roof. L-plan, C16 limb to east, later range to south. West front
has early C19 range to right with gable-end stack, most of elevation rough-
cast. Two storeys to right, one storey with attic lit by a gabled dormer
to left. Three 2-light casements to right. Ground floor has two 2-light
casements with entrance between, which has a 2-pane overlight with the hipped
slate-roofed porch. A further entrance to left has a half-glazed porch. The
rear wing of C16 is jettied on the south and east sides, and was originally
jettied on the west before the later range was erected. Framing of C16 is
close-studding with mid-rail and straight angle braces. Two original project-
ing windows survive with moulded sill and 4-lights with ovolo mullion and
transoms. The sides are panelled. Interior has exposed moulded ceiling
beams. There are some re-used smoke blackened beams,in the roof structure of
the C17 portion.

Listing NGR: SO4126056124

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26358339

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)