FARMHOUSE AT GREAT BARWICK FARM
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1102382
- Date first listed:
- 24-Jan-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 23-Nov-1983
- Statutory Address:
- FARMHOUSE AT GREAT BARWICK FARM, BARWICK FORD
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- FARMHOUSE AT GREAT BARWICK FARM, BARWICK FORD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Standon
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 38543 18865
Details
TL 31 NE STANDON BARWICK FORD
(west side)
4/7 Farmhouse at
Great Barwick Farm
24.1.67
(Formerly listed as Great Barwick
GV Farm House)
II*
Farmhouse. Mid C16, W range C17, carefully restored c1966.
Timber frame exposed on front and rear walls with plastered
panels. Red brick sill. Projecting rear wing at N plastered.
Old red tiled hipped roofs. An early 3-unit lobby entry house
with central chimney and continuous side-jetty along the front
(E). 2-storeys timber-frame C17 rear extension with 3 half-
hipped gables along rear wall. Front has 3 3-light leaded
casement windows on each floor (renewed), a wide arched wooden
doorway with small 3-light diamond-mullioned original window over
door. Bull-nosed joists and heavy knee-braces to jetty. C20
red brick and tile lean-to with 2 hipped dormers at S end.
Clasped purlin roof with curved wind braces, collars and curved
braces to tie beams. 4-bay original structure with only N bay
partioned as parlour. Close studded walls with internal tension
braces. Several diamond mullioned original windows with shutter
grooves over. Central bay distinguished by chamfers and hollow
stops on both axial beam and joists. Holes for bearers of dais
bench (bearers preserved in house) and wall painting of cat from
same- wall removed and framed. Short edge-halved scarf joints
with bridled butts. C17 wings of lighter timbering. (Mercer
English Vernacular Houses RCHM (1975) 170).
Listing NGR: TL3854318865
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 160993
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Mercer, E, English Vernacular Houses, (1975), 170
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
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