Burridge Farmhouse Including Stables

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SS91SW Burridge Farmhouse including stables 848-1/4/1

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Estate farmhouse. Mid C19. Rubble walls with rendered front; brick axial stack towards left, brick end stack on the right. PLAN: overall U-shaped plan including 2-storey service wing with dairy and stables at right angles to rear right, and attached to rear courtyard wall is a single-storey range at right angles to rear left that adjoins 2-storey stable block at rear. The house has 3 rooms at the front and contains 2 staircases; lean-to pantry at rear right. EXTERIOR: 2 storey; 5-window range. Segmental arches over original 12-pane hornless sashes; the presumed kitchen window, on the right, wider and tripartite with narrower sidelights. Round-arched doorway central to 3-window range fenestration on the left; spoked fanlight over original panelled and V-jointed door. Unaltered rear has 12-pane sashes to 1st floor of house; Ground floor of farmhouse has open verandah which is attached to a small brick lean-to in front of the service wing. There is a well and an iron pump under the verandah. Service wing has original windows and doors except that the original rear end 1st-floor doorway has been converted to a window and has a fixed light with margin panes. The other buildings are also unaltered and retain their original doors and windows. The stables have a symmetrical 2-window front with original 2-light shuttered windows. INTERIOR: not inspected. Burridge is a good example of a mid C19 estate farmhouse that relates well to its ancillary buildings.

Listing NGR: SS9229011477