The Homestead is a Grade II* listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1962. A Post-Medieval House.
The Homestead
- WRENN ID
- sacred-frieze-birch
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 August 1962
- Type
- House
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TL 3268-3368 FEN DRAYTON HIGH STREET (East Side)
13/67 The Homestead 31.8.62
GV II*
House. Early C16 and c.1730. Dark red brick, rubbed brick and limestone dressings. Plain tile roofs. Two storeys with attics and basements; rear wing part of original timber framed building on site. Five symmetrical 'bays'. Main entrance approached by semi circular stone steps; eight-panelled door shaped to segmental arch with dentil enriched pedimented wooden doorcase. Five first floor and two ground floor original twelve-paned hung sash windows shaped to segmental rubbed brick arches with stone key blocks and sills; two windows to right hand of door with similar details are C20 replacements of C19 inserted three-light hung sash windows. Plinth, and brick band between floors. Shaped gable parapets with limestone copings and stone dressings to end stacks. Two blind basement windows. Interior. Original hall and parlour plan with complete rooms of raised and fielded pine panelling, doors and doorcases. Some original chimney pieces and flanking cupboards, very fine open string staircase rising to attic floors. Moulded ceiling cornices with dentil enrichment. The house is said to have been built for a corn merchant. R.C.H.M. (Cambs notes), 1950 Pevsner. Buildings of England p.385
Listing NGR: TL3395668359
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