Description

TM 1540 WHERSTEAD THE STREET
(east side)
5/30
Park Farmhouse
22.2.55
- II
House, now 2 dwellings. Probable later C17 front range with late C18-early C19
additions to rear and remodelling. Timber-framed pebbledashed in panels with plain
tile roofs. Brick stacks. Remodelling in Gothick style. 2 storeys. Front range:
3-cell lobby-entry. Gabled porch. Ogee-arched casement windows and two small case-
ments of c1985. Central stack. Hipped roof. Garden front: front range incorporated
into symmetrical composition of 5 bays with central slightly-recessed entrance bay.
Doorcase with pilasters, open pediment and pointed fanlight. Pointed 2-light windows
with Y-tracery throughout. Each part separately hipped-roofed. Interior, front range:
Framing including jowled posts and wall plate exposed. Blocked 4-light mullion window
to studded rear wall. Rear range: Late C18-early C19 features include wall niches
and dentilled cornice. 6-panel doors and plain pine staircase with ramped handrail.

Listing NGR: TM1566840541

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26499515

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)