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ILTON CP OLD WAY (South side, off)
ST31NE 3/90 Burleaze Farmhouse 28.5.87 - II Detached farmhouse. C17 and later. Local stone rubble, mostly rendered, some ashlar dressings; hipped thatched roof;
brick end and intermediate chimney stacks. 'T'-plan; 2 storeys, 5 bays. Above, a mixture of leaded casement windows of
3, 2, 3, 4 and 4 lights, with rectangular panes and iron-framed opening lights, that to upper bay 4 having a
hollow-chamfer mullioned frame; below, similar windows bays 1 and 3, with C20 casements bays 4 and 5; to lower bay 2 an
open rendered porch with double Roman clay tiled roof: an extension westwards is an unrendered farm building, with a
stable door and one casement window below and a loft door above, with a further lean-to against the west gable. Long
extension to rear, with corrugated iron sheet roof; rear elevation of house has similar casements, but to ground floor
is one 3-light hollow-chamfer mullioned window in a chamfered recess, with label; also 2 leanto buildings, one with
Welsh slate roof, the other with triple-roll clay tiles. Interior not seen, but reported are chamfered cross-beams with
step and runout stops, possible old fireplaces to hall and east gable; a post and truss partition with wattle rod and
daub infill, and tie-beam trusses. A lease of 1696 exists; the farm was part of the Wyndham Estate until 1919. (SSAVBRG
Report, SRO unpublished, November 1984).
Listing NGR: ST3570316781
Legacy
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263994
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Sources
Books and journals 'Somerset and South Avon Vernacular Building Research Group Report' in November, (1984)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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