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SU 74 SE FROYLE LOWER FROYLE
5/7 Hodges Farmhouse
31/07/63 (Formerly listed as Hodges)
GV II* House. Late C17, and 1766. Brick walls, and tiled roof. A building of 2 stages
the 1st being a timber-framed house with later brick cladding, and the 2nd a
slightly wider and taller unit attached to its front. Symmetrical front (south
west) of 2 storeys and attic, 5 windows. Plain roof, with a central gabled dormer
(with casements). Red brick walls in header bond,moulded brick eaves, rubbed
flat arches, 1st floor moulded band, plinth; at each side there is a pilaster
produced by rusticated blocks, returned on the end gables, with a cornice
incorporating the eaves moulding, and above this a section of wall, returned to
the gable and with a coping (indicating a former parapet along the whole front).
Sashes with thick glazing bars. The brick doorway is formed as a slightly
projecting unit, with a pediment, key to the arched opening, impost bands and
plinth; radiating fanlight above a 6-panelled door. Inside there is the original
staircase of 1766, with a ½-landing leading into the rear block, dado panelling
to staircase, hall and rooms, architraves and panelled doors. The rear block
is a lower 2 storeys, with a catslide roof, brick walls in Flemish bond, with
cambered openings, casements, and a boarded door in a plain opening.
Legacy
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Legacy System number:
141945
Legacy System:
LBS
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