Amner's Farmhouse

Date:
20 May 2003
Location:
Amner's Farmhouse, Burghfield Road, Beech Hill, West Berkshire, Berkshire
Reference:
IOE01/10227/33
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

BURGHFIELD BURGHFIED ROAD SU 66 NE (east side) ) 4/8 Amner's Farmhouse II Farmhouse. Late C16, extended late C18, altered C19 and late C20. Part timber framed, part brick with vitreous header patterning in vertical bands between windows; one gable tile hung. Old tile gabled roofs.

Parallel ridge plan with the earlier build at rear of 2 framed bays.

2 storeys and attics. Flank chimneys on ridge. 5 bay front, plinth, 2 small hipped attic casements, sash windows with glazing bars, those on the ground floor altered with a later brick arch under the original; central 6-panelled door with rectangular overlight and C19 gabled porch with decorative supporting timber posts and truss on dark brick plinth.

On the north side of the house, there is a C19 wrought iron palisade fence on a small brick plinth with brick piers at each end. 8 bays long with bell-shape heads between 2 horizontal rails, and scroll supporting brackets. There is a small entrance gate of similar design between the 3rd and 4th bays from the left.

Listing NGR: SU6790669410

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1984 IOE Records taken by Richard Swynford-Lain; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Richard Swynford-Lain. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Swynford-Lain, Richard

Rights Holder: Swynford-Lain, Richard

Keywords

Brick, Tile, Timber, Wrought Iron, Tudor Farmhouse, Elizabethan Domestic, Agricultural Dwelling, Dwelling, House, Agriculture And Subsistence, Farm Building, Agricultural Building, Timber Framed House, Monument (By Form), Timber Framed Building, Fence, Barrier, Gate, Unassigned