Description

SD 78 44 DOWNHAM DOWNHAM VILLAGE

13/24 Fir Tree House
13.2.1967
GV II

House, late C18th with C17th remains. Rubble with stone slate roof.
2 storeys, 2 bays. Ground-floor windows of 3 lights, the left-hand one
rebated and chamfered with splayed mullions, and hood. The right-hand
one has a plain stone surround and square mullions. The 1st floor
windows are of 2 lights with square mullions and plain stone surrounds.
The door, between bays, has plain reveals. End chimneys. Towards the
front of the right-hand gable is a narrow 2-storey lean-to, containing a
stair, with a blocked narrow chamfered window with segmental head,
visible at the front. To its left is a blocked doorway with chamfered
surround. The right-hand gable chimney has a projecting stack. Interior.
The right-hand room has, on each side of the present fireplace, a C18th
cupboard door of raised and fielded panels, the upper panels having ogee
heads. A C17th panelled door leads to the stair outshut, which contains
a spiral stone stair. The door at the rear of the room is also C17th
and panelled.

Listing NGR: SD7859844129

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26604216

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)