Description

TL 2639 ASHWELL HIGH STREET
(North side)
Ashwell

Nos. 82 (Bacon's House)
8/23 and No. 84 (including
27.5.68 attached outbuildings)
(formerly listed as The Old
Saddlery and Bluegates
Farmhouse)

GV II

House and shop. C17 or earlier, refronted mid C19. Timber frame.
Roughcast left gable end (No. 84). Painted brick on right. Steep pitched
plain tile roof. 2 storeys and attic. 4 recessed 8/8-pane sashes with
gauged brick lintels and roll moulded jambs. Door of No. 82 has heavy
brick surround with roll-moulded piers and shaped cornice. Moulded panel
door with 2-light fan. No. 84 has mid C19 shop with half-glazed door and
15-pane window. Roll-moulded architraves with paterae; cornice hood. C17
leaded casement in left return gable end. Extended from rear of No. 84
is a mid C19 barn in white brick. Slate roof. 4 small casements. To rear
of No. 82 is a roughcast C17 gable end with assorted windows including a
C17 2-light leaded attic casement. Barn extension on this side has, on
ground floor, plank doors alternating with sash windows.

Listing NGR: TL2659939609

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26469647

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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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 Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)