Grist House Farm

GREAT GADDESDEN LEIGHTON BUZZARD ROAD(A4146) TL 00 NW (West side) Water End 5/110 Grist House Farm -

GV II

Farmhouse, now a private house. Circa 1700, NW extension in angle of house and rear wing c.1800 and brick rear wall. Timber frame on brick sill in Flemish-bond, lower sill on S side in English-bond. Roughcast front and sides, red brick rear wall. Steep hipped old red tile roof. Slate roofed lean-to on N end, rustic timber 2-bays loggia on S end. A square, 2-storeys and cellar house, set back from road, facing E, with 2 windows to each floor. Flush box sash windows with 2/2 panes, deeper on ground floor. Half-glazed early C19 flush beaded panelled door in centre with moulded wooden surround and later gabled rustic porch. Originally L-shaped with 2 windows, central-chimney S range. Transomed 2-light casement windows. Extended to square double-pile plan with chimneys on mid-wall and central entrance and staircase. Interior: has unjowled posts to frame, chamfered axial beams in front range, original moulded plank door.

Listing NGR: TL0443409928