Tardebigge Farmhouse

SO 96 NE BENTLEY PAUNCEFOOT CP COPY HOLT LANE (north side)

9/37 Tardebigge Farmhouse

16.11.67

• II

Farmhouse. Early C17 with mid-C19 and some mid-C20 alterations. Timber- frame with rendered infill and machine-tile roof. Modified T-plan, cross- wing of two bays at east end aligned north/south, stack at junction with three shafts of 6-point star plan; hall range extending to west of three bays, a single-bay addition to north of west bay, with porch and stack on south of same bay; the ashlar stack has three diamond-plan brick shafts. South front: two storeys with gable-lit attic to cross-wing on right; two plus one windows: 2-light casement to centre, other two are of three lights; ground floor has a 5-light casement to left, other two are of two lights. In angle with cross-wing a gabled stair turret, porch to left-hand corner now blocked, entrance to rear. Framing: three square panels high to first floor, close-studded on ground floor, straight angle braces and straight tension braces. [BoE p 267; F W B Charles, Conservation of Timber Buildings, 1984, fig 109 (p 96)].

Listing NGR: SO9774467410