Description

ST1336 CROWCOMBE CP LAWFORD

15/51 Lawford Farmhouse

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- II

Farmhouse. Late C16 - early C17, enlarged C18. Roughcast over cob, thatched roof hipped to right, brick stacks left
gable end and right of entrance, C20 aluminium flue protruding from groundfloor end bay right. Probably 3 cell and
cross passage plan enlarged to "L"-plan. One and a half storeys, 2 bays, dormer windows 3-light C20 wooden casement
windows, groundfloor altered 3-light leaded casement windows flanking partially glazed C20 door with thatched porch on
wooden uprights; raking buttress end bay right. Long 4 bay right return. Interior: flag stone cross passage and rear
passage, remains of square headed plank and muntin screen renewed with C17 panelling to right, hollow chamfered beads,
empty stair bay to right of open fireplace, to left modern grate in fireplace set against cross passage wall, very
shallow chamfered beads, It is quite possible this is an earlier building with a more complex and interesting building
history but only the groundfloor 2 rooms were accessible at tide of survey (July 1983).

Listing NGR: ST1343136378

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26309640

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)