Townsend Farmhouse
TOWNSEND FARMHOUSE, TOWNSEND
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1319273
- Date first listed:
- 25-Oct-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Townsend Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- TOWNSEND FARMHOUSE, TOWNSEND
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1319273
- Date first listed:
- 25-Oct-1951
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 23-Jun-2000
- List Entry Name:
- Townsend Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- TOWNSEND FARMHOUSE, TOWNSEND
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:
- TOWNSEND FARMHOUSE, TOWNSEND
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Quainton
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 74209 20194
Details
QUAINTON
SP 7420 TOWNSEND
341/8/100 Townsend Farmhouse
25-OCT-51
(Formerly listed as:
TOWNSEND
Towns End Farmhouse)
II*
House. Circa 1730s refronting and extension to the left by one bay of a c1600 timberframed building. Red and vitreous brick with band courses and red brick quoins and window surrounds. Left bays have moulded brick plinth and eaves, right bay with coursed rubble stone plinth. Old tile roof, brick chimneys to rear. Main part of 2 storeys and an attic with 2 slightly asymmetrical cross-wings, each of one bay, flanking narrow centre bay. Lower bay of one storey and an attic to rear. Front has 3-pane sashes with chequered segmental heads, blind and painted round windows to attics in gables, and central 6-panelled door, top-lit, in trellis porch. Left side has 3 blind windows to first floor. Right side has one bay of sashes. Barred wooden casements to rear wing.
INTERIOR: Central bay is occupied by 1730s well staircase with a variety of turned balusters, altered newel posts and handrail. Ground floor parlour to left has wooden round-headed china cupboard with serpentine shelves. Ground floor right room has large bressumer probably concealing c1600 chimney, kitchen corridor ceiling has painted dial of a former weathervane and rear wing has stop-chamfered spine beam and joists. Left upper chamber has early C18 panelling including corner bolection-moulded fireplace and overmantel, early C18 panelled wall to right upper chamber has dado rail, central moulded wooden firesurround and overmantel, closet door to right and door to left both with L-hinges, the latter opening on to narrow winder staircase to right attic. Closet in centre of first floor behind the staircase has a one metre square wall painting in the form of a fireplace overmantel, seen through painted drapes, probably early C18 in date showing an idealised landscape of a local view with Jacobite emblems in the form of two roses incorporated into the items making up the domestic foreground of the picture. Could these two roses represent the Old and Young Pretenders? An almanac of the 1730s discovered near the chimney in the roof may give the date of the major refurbishment of this house.
Listing NGR: SP7420920194
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 42246
- 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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