Description

UPLOWMAN
ST 01 NW
4/167 Gate house to Middle Coombe
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5.4.66 Farmhouse
GV II*

Gate house. Late C16 - early C17, refurbished in the late C19 and modernised circa
1970. Plastered stone rubble, maybe with some cob; stone rubble stack topped with
C19 and C20 brick; slate roof, formerly thatch.
Plan: the gatehouse faces south-west. It backs onto the farmhouse forecourt. It
stands approximately 8 metres directly in front of Middle Coombe Farmhouse (q.v).
Its right (south-east) end is terraced into the hillslope. The carriageway is
flanked by 1-room plan blocks which project forward a short distance either side of
the carriageway and room above it. There are doorways off each side of the
carriageway. The right (south-east) block has an axial stack backing onto the
carriageway. 2 storeys.
Exterior: nearly symmetrical 1:1:1 window front of C20 replacement casements
without glazing bars. The carriageway front arch has been partly rebuilt but does
retain the orginal oak headbeam, a soffit-chamfered low Tudor arch. The roof is
hipped to left and gable-ended to right and the eaves are carried down over the
front wings. The right wing has a C20 hipped half dormer and there is another on
the left end. There is a first floor doorway in the left gable end of the terrace
there. The rear elevation has a symmetrical 3-window front. The left windows have
chamfered oak mullions and are probably original. The right windows are C19
replacements. The carriageway arch here is a complete oak low Tudor arch with
chamfered surround and above it is a small original oak-framed single light window,
its surround carved with a twisted band of foliage.
Interior was not available for inspection at the time of this survey although it is
said to contain some orginal carpentry detail.
This gate house, an unusual building in its own right, forms part of an
exceptionally good group with Middle Coombe Farmhouse (q.v) and its traditional
farmbuildings.

Listing NGR: ST0004217029

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17531201

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]