Description

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Standing Stone
(Formerly listed as Standing Stone Farmhouse)

MATFEN STANDING STONE
NZ 07 SW

14/202
28.4.69

GV II

House. c.1700 and later C18. Dressed stone with Welsh slate roof. Old brick
chimneys. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Gothick panelled door in bolection-moulded
surround. 16-pane sash windows. Band at base of castellated parapet. Roof
not visible. Paired brick end stacks with stone cornices and bases.

On left return blank Gothick decoration. On ground floor a pointed arch with
raised surround, and on 1st floor a large quatrefoil with raised surround.
These are flanked by slits. Parapet has 3 cruciform slits.

On right return 3 large stone waterspouts; also single-storey lean-to with
stone slate roof.

2-storey continuous outshut to rear.

Interior has 2-panel doors, shutters and staircase with stick balusters.

Listing NGR: NZ0333870471

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26651914

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)