The Bury Farmhouse

TL 3043 LITLINGTON ABINGTON ROAD (North Side)

19/150 The Bury Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. Early C18 with early C19 and C20 alterations. Red brick painted, and timber-framed with roughcast render. Plain tiled roofs. Two storeys with attics and cellar. Double pile plan with single storey bakehouse range to north. Brick gable walls with end stacks; symmetrical three 'bay' timber-framed facade. C19 panelled door with rectangular fanlight and flat canopy supported on shaped brackets. Two ground floor and three first floor early C19 flush-framed twelve-paned hung sash windows. Painted brick plinth and coved eaves cornice. Interior: Early C18 panelling with deep moulded cornice in south-west room, and early C19 reed-moulded chimney piece. Original C18 panelled door, plain first floor doors, and boarded attic doors. Large open hearth with replaced mantel beam in south-east room. Some exposed timber-frame of internal walls. The farmhouse is sited to the south of a moated site.

RCHM Report 1950 VCH Vol VIII p.56

Listing NGR: TL3105943104