Moor Barns Farmhouse

TL 45 NW MADINGLEY CAMBRIDGE ROAD (North Side) 4/194 Moor Barns Farmhouse II

House. Late C17, extended by one bay early mid C18 and remodelled in c.1840-50 when the principal block was added. Mid-late C17 part timber- framed, roughcast rendered and cement tiled with original late C17 red brick ridge stack and c.1840-50 grey brick stack of two diagonally set shafts on rectangular base. Original single north-south range, of three bays and lobby entry plan. The C19 addition has converted the house to an L-plan. Two storeys. Four flush frame hung sashes of twenty panes. Doorway in original location opposite the stack. In early-mid C18 the C17 house was extended by one bay to the north. Red brick and tiled roof. Two storeys. One similar window at each storey. Two original windows at gable end with segmental arches and one with wood grille. Fire insurance plaque to this gable end. The c.1840 addition is a main south range. Grey brick with steeply pitched roof. Symmetrical elevation of two, two-storey gables flanking the central doorway. Recessed hung sashes. R.C.H.M. West Cambs., mon.(6)

Listing NGR: TL4141259663