Description

SP 72 SW QUAINTON BOTOLPH CLAYDON

1/41 Finemerehill House

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- II

House. Probably 1875, possibly incorporating parts of an older building.
For the Verney family's Claydon estate. Timber framed with diagonal
braces and brick nogging, partly patterned. Half-hipped tile roofs,
brick chimneys with diagonal shafts and cogged heads, the S. wing with
central pair of stacks. L-plan with projection in rear angle. 1½ storeys
and attic, 2 bays. Barred wooden casements, central door in gabled porch.
2 stone tablets found in porch are dated RD1628 and HV/FDV 1875. Listed as
an unusually late example of local technique of timber-frame building,
and for its picturesque quality.

Listing NGR: SP7152822355

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26411310

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Recommended Books

• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)