Description

ST 86 SW WINSLEY TURLEIGH

4/314 Turleigh Farmhouse

13.11.62

GV II

Farmhouse, C16 to C17, much renewed after a fire c1970, rubble
stone with imitation stone slate roof, previously thatch. Two
storeys. West end section has roof hipped to west, two renewed
timber-mullion 3-light windows above, door and large triple
casement below. East end stack. Adjoining range is 1 storeys
with east stack, two eaves-breaking flat dormers with renewed
triple casements, ground floor studded plank door to left and
centre leaded 2-light unmoulded stone mullion window. Lean-to on
east end. Rear of main range has 3-light renewed timber-mullion
window above and ground floor C20 glazed lean-to. Single storey
outbuilding running north with pantiled monopitch roof. Lower
range has one ground floor casement pair in heavy oak frame and
former door infilled with latticed glazing said to come from a
chapel. House is said to have 'very nice carved Tudor fireplace in
bedroom' (1951 provisional List) and 'an early C17 minor plaster
chimneypiece, probably by the men who worked at Westwood Manor'
(Pevsner).
(N. Pevsner Wiltshire 1975 540)

Listing NGR: ST8052560505

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26272774

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
• 
  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
• 
  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)