Description

RATTLESDEN BRETTENHAM ROAD
TL 95 SE
4/83 Fengate Farmhouse
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- II
Former farmhouse, early or mid C16 with alterations of early C17 and c.1970.
Built as a late form of open-hall house, extended to south in C17 and to north
in C20. One storey and attics. Timber-framed and plastered. Pantiled roof,
thatched until C20, with 5 gabled casement dormers; some C19 and some C20.
Early C17 chimney of red brick with twin flattened hexagonal flues. C19 and
C20 small-pane casements. C20 hipped pantiled porch at lobby entrance
position with 2-panelled door. To left of chimney is a 2-bay cell with
formerly open hall - the head of a window is immediately above an inserted C17
floor structure which has bar-stopped chamfered main beams, and joists
chamfered in some areas but not in others. To right of the chimney is a 2-bay
C16 room with large unchamfered floor joists and close-studding. Blocked
diamond mullioned windows at 1st storey. The chimney was inserted together
with the upper floor in C17, and a further bay added at south end. Included
despite major repairs of c.1970, as an example of a small open-hall house
progressively extended over a long period.

Listing NGR: TL9728254980

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26284020

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)