Rycote Farmhouse

SP60SE 416/6/10004 20-SEP-00

GREAT HASELEY RYCOTE PARK Rycote Farmhouse

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House, formerly a farmhouse. 1937 by H.S. Goodhart-Rendel. Rendered brick and some weatherboarding. Clay plain tile roof, hipped and gabled with a broad red brick axial stack at apex of the main roof. PLAN: Approximately square double-depth plan. Domestic Revival style. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-bay front, the 2-storey projecting centre with hipped roof and doorway with fanlight and segmental canopy; tripartite sashes above; to left and right the roof is carried down to low eaves with segmental arch 25-pane sashes below. Similar sashes to asymmetrical side elevations, first floor in gable. Symmetrical 3-bay rear elevation with gables to left and right with similar sashes on first floor and plank door with segmental overlight; recessed centre bay with lean-to roof outshut with 5-light casement between gabled end bays and similar continuous casement above. INTERIOR not inspected. Goodhart-Rendel is best known as a church architect, but he designed a number of estate cottages in his early career. This is a rare example from his years of greatest maturity as an architect.

Source Alan Powers ed., H S Goodhart-Rendel 1887-1959, London, Architectural Association, 1987, p.56

Listing NGR: SP6644604774