Description

ST04SW WITHYCOMBE CP SANDHILL LANE (South side)

8/112 Sandhill Farmhouse and walls
enclosing forecourt on south
front with mounting block attached
22.5.69

- II

Manor house. Late C16, enlarged and subsequently altered. Random rubble, slate roofs, coped verges, large stone stack
to left of entrance, and right at junction with cross wing. Plan not clear without internal inspection, possibly open
hall now ceiled to right of porch with solar cross wing, service end left with later crosswing. Full height gabled
porch centre left, large 4-light gabled dormer rising from below eaves right, inserted 3-light dormer in roof space
left, ground floor 3-light ovolo moulded wooden mullioned and transomed windows below head moulds flanking porch,
assumed to be reproductions of original windows, right two and a half storey cross wing with similar 2-light window
ground floor, segmental headed window openings above, unsighted bay to right, service end crosswing, one and a half
storeys with segmental headed mullioned and transomed windows with keystones. Chamfered depressed arch opening to
porch, studded inner door. Interior not accessible at tide of survey and might merit a higher grade. C16 panelled
screen to right of cross passage, said to be dated 1588. Random rubble walls enclosing forecourt on entrance front,
about 1.5 metres high with chamfered pointed arch opening with rectangular parapet, 5 step mounting block to left.
(Photograph in NMR).

Listing NGR: ST0223440998

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26469951

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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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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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)