Description

SK 17 NW PARISH OF WORMHILL
3/71
21.4.1967 Dakin Farmhouse
(formerly listed as
Dakin house)
II
Farmhouse. Dated 1623 on lintel of main doorway, with C18 alterations and additions.
Coursed,rubble limestone with gritstone dressings. Quoins, plain gables, intermediate
and end ashlar stacks, and stone slated roof. L-plan. Two storeys, four bays with
single bay advanced gabled wing to north east. Main ranqe and crosswing each have
ground floor 3-light windows with tall ovolo mullions and moulded surrounds beneath
hoodmoulds with stops and above, former 4-light chamfer mullioned windows, now with
single mullions remaining. Ground floor west end has single 2-light flush mullioned
window. Ground floor windows with C19 joinery. Doorway central to main range
with plain stone surround, bracketed flat hood and C19 four panelled door. Two
square tablets above lintel with weathered inscriptions.

Listing NGR: SK1190275221

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26380324

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas