Orchard Farmhouse and Orchard Cottage
ORCHARD COTTAGE, ORCHARD LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1214156
- Date first listed:
- 17-May-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Orchard Farmhouse and Orchard Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- ORCHARD COTTAGE, ORCHARD LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1214156
- Date first listed:
- 17-May-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Orchard Farmhouse and Orchard Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- ORCHARD COTTAGE, ORCHARD LANE
- Statutory Address 2:
- ORCHARD FARMHOUSE, ORCHARD LANE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ORCHARD COTTAGE, ORCHARD LANE
- Statutory Address:
- ORCHARD FARMHOUSE, ORCHARD LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Stewkley
- National Grid Reference:
- SP8530425451
Details
SP 82 NE
4/121
STEWKLEY
ORCHARD LANE
Orchard Farmhouse and Orchard Cottage
II
House and former stables, now 2 dwellings, Late C16, altered and
extended C19 and C20. L-plan timber-framed house with right-hand bay
gabled and projecting. Projection has first floor jettied to front
and right with moulded bressumer, curved bracket to corner and one shaped
bracket, Left side originally jettied but now with C19 lean-to,
Brick infill, herringbone to projection and front wall of rear wing.
Tiled roofs, central brick chimney. 2 storeys, 2 bays to front. Jettied
bay has old leaded windows, 3-light to ground floor, canted oriel with
moulded base and mullions to first floor. Similar 2-light casement to
first floor centre of rear range. Later 3-light leaded casement to
lean-to. Left-hand bay has C19 gabled brick projection of 2 storeys
and an attic with horizontal sliding sash to ground floor, 2 C20
paired metal casements to first floor, and small attic window. Left
side has C19 wooden casements and entry. Right side rebuilt in brick
with C20 leaded casements and C20 lean-to porch connecting with former
stable block to rear. Royal Exchange fire insurance plaque on N.W..
corner of jettied bay. Orchard Cottage, to right, has original staircase
with segmental door arch to frame on landing,
Listing NGR: SP8530425451
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 398836
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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