Red Cow Farmhouse

MARKYATE DUNSTABLE ROAD (A5) TL 01 NE (East side) 2/190 Red Cow Farmhouse 16.1.84

GV II

Farmhouse. C17, rear kitchen wing at NW and 2-storeys rear outshut C18, Single-storey rear lean-to at NE C19. Timber frame with roughcast front and stucco plinth, red brick in Flemish-bond at rear, tarred brick on E gable end. Steep old red tile roofs, main range hipped at E. A 2-storeys, 3-units, internal-chimney, lobby entry plan house facing S, with 2-storeys rear outshut providing passages on each floor, and 2-storeys rear kitchen wing at NW. Large internal chimney a third from W end, and internal E gable stack. Kitchen wing has large fireplaces at N gable end. S front assymetrical. 4 windows on each floor with entrance between middle two. Flush-box sashes with 6/6 panes and segmental heads to ground floor. 6-panels flush-beaded door in heavy moulded frame with open triangular hood on shaped brackets. Interior has added passage serving the original three front rooms, also containing the staircase at E end presumably replacing a stair to rear of main chimney. On ground floor main chimney only served a fireplace for the middle room. NE corner fireplace later provided in W room. Axial chamfered and stopped beams to E of stack but crossbeam in W room set nearer W wall as if this bay had been shortened. 2 plank doors and an C18 panelled screen. Farm buildings attached at N not of special interest.

Listing NGR: TL0523817636