Braggington House

DORSINGTON

SP15SW BRAGGINGTON LANE 1931-1/3/39 (North East side) 02/08/72 Braggington House (Formerly Listed as: VILLAGE STREET Braggington)

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Farmhouse, now house. C16 and C17 with C20 alterations and restorations. Converted C19 outbuilding. Timber-frame with plastered infill on rubble plinth; tile roof with squat rubble stacks, one to front and one to rear of ridge. 3-unit plan with cross-wing to right and lower outbuilding to left end. EXTERIOR: entrance to right of centre has C20 gabled rubble porch and inner wide-boarded door. Left end has one blocked 2-light window to each floor; other windows have C20 leaded casements: 3-light casements to each floor left of centre; C20 2-light casement over entrance; wing has blocked entrance to left return, and 1:3:1-light hipped bay window. First-floor window with 3-light casement and 2-light attic casement. Right return has plastered brick catslide outshut. Left return has 2-light casements and attached converted range with modillioned brick cornice over applied timber-framing, entrance and 3 C20 gabled dormers. Close-studded timber-framing to ground floor with square framing above. Rear has French window to left end and 2 lean-to brick outshuts; large C20 gabled dormer. INTERIOR: noted as having ashlar fireplaces and reported as having pigeon loft. The house is on a moated site.

Listing NGR: SP1374950125