Description

1.
5118 BITTON KEYNSHAM ROAD
(west side)
Londonderry Farmhouse
ST 6669 14/13 11.5.53 Farmhouse
II*
2.
Dated 1672. Built of rubble, front with pebbledash. C20 red-tile roof
and end gables with bargeboards, tall square ashlar stacks with moulded
caps. Two storeys and gable-lit attic. Six windows, glazing bar sashes
in bolection architraves, moulded cills, moulded cornices over, decorative
oblong panel over 3rd window from right with inscription "IRA 1672" (for
Richard Jones). Bolection architrave door opening in 3rd bay from right,
later wooden porch. Gabled pantiled wing to rear with ashlar stack set
diagonally; this wing continued to west as single storey unit. Rear has
a number of 2-light wooden casements under dripmoulds. Rear also has a
gabled stair turret and a gabled dormer.
Interior: south ground floor room retains original panelling with enriched
frieze containing initials "IRA", entered by strapwork doorcase. Good
dog-leg staircase with splat balusters and pillar-newels, pendants below.

Listing NGR: ST6637469878

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17556181

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover