Description

SO 62 SE LONGHOPE ROSS ROAD
(south side)

2/138 Upper Boxbush

II

Farm house, early C17. Timber-framed on random rubble plinth,
painted brick nogging with a little wattle and daub surviving;
tiled roof. L-plan, with 3 rooms to main wing; 2 storeys, upper
half in roof. Framing 3 panels high, low tension braces in gable
and one in main facade. Timber-framed, gabled porch over boarded
door: further boarded door beyond to left: small lean-to dormer
immediately to left; otherwise various scattered windows. Gable
to road has a sash window on each floor, lower 6 panes wide.
Internally 2 rooms nearest road separated by large, internal
chimney stack: front door enters immediately in front of one
hearth, originally into timber lobby. Steep segmental head to
door to unheated end room; both rooms have heavy chamfers to
ceiling beams, smaller chamfers and similar stops to exposed
joists. Ceiling beams to bedroom nearest road chamfered; with a
collar truss, principal rafter jointed direct to wall post, with
stud set a little inside.

Listing NGR: SO6798220635

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26481753

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)