Description

Finches End
TL 2825 WALKERN HIGH STREET
(west side)

8/4 No 198

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- II

House. C16, altered in later C18. Timber frame on brick
plinth, largely brick infilled and plastered. Steep old red
tile roof hipped at N end. A long, 2-storeys building facing
E, with 2 red brick central chimneys, the larger a quarter
from S end, the other a third from N end. E front has 4 windows
to each floor. Flush box sash windows to 1st floor with moulded
surround and 6/6 panes. Flush box triple sash windows to
ground floor. Door central. Early C19 door with 2 vertical
panels and small rectangular fanlight. Marks of former porch.
Oldest features on N end with deep jetty on bull-nosed joists
with knee brace at NE corner. Sash window above and 4-light
enlarged opening below. Wooden double-doors for garage inserted
at N end of front.

Listing NGR: TL2875925768

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26394702

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)