Description

SE 82 SW TWIN RIVERS GARTHORPE ROAD
(west side)

Adlingfleet
1/28 Elm Tree Farmhouse
17.6.87
GV II

Farmhouse, now 2 houses. Mid C18 with later alterations and additions.
Orange and yellow brick in English bond. Pantile and concrete tile roof.
Double-depth plan: 2-room, central entrance-hall east front with slightly-
projecting staircase outshut to rear, and narrow adjoining outshut to rear
left; later C18-early C19 wing to left, small mid C19 canted addition to
right. 2 storeys with attic, 3 bays; symmetrical. Entrance has panelled
door (boarded over at time of resurvey) in reveal and architrave beneath
stucco flat arch. 16-pane sash to right; sash to left with 8-panes to lower
half, 2-panes to upper half; both windows in flush wooden architraves with
sills beneath stucco flat arches. 16-pane first-floor sashes in similar
surrounds to ground floor. Moulded wooden eaves board to right 2 bays;
altered eaves to left. Stone-coped gables with shaped kneelers. C20
rebuilt end stacks. Concrete tiles to left bay, pantiles to 2 right bays.
Right return: projecting ground-floor canted brick bay to right has 12-pane
sliding sash with sill beneath stucco flat arch and hipped roof. Door to
first floor (boarded over at time of resurvey) beneath segmental arch, with
small ashlar block to left: no inscription visible. Rear has round-headed
stair window with margin lights, first-floor 12-pane sliding sash to left,
16-pane sliding sash to right. Interior. Ground-floor front rooms have
chamfered spine beams, pilastered marble chimney-piece to ground floor left.
Reputed to contain good main staircase. Not fully inspected. Empty and
unoccupied at time of resurvey (April 1987).

Listing NGR: SE8439620836

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26363917

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)