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A History of the County of Oxford
… farm, was sold in 1921. The farmhouse, College Mead, is a stone-built house of 1610, partly rebuilt in brick in 1710. 9 … P.R.O. PROB 11/736 (P.C.C. 294 Anstis); Blenheim Mun., box 22; O.R.O., Dash. XV/ii/2. O.R.O., Dash. XV/ii/3-8. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… a timber frame supporting the bells and the pyramidal stone-tiled roof and lantern. The N. wall has a doorway, … jambs and segmental-pointed head; the E. jamb is of one stone. The E., S. and W. walls have each a plain loop light. … 17th century and of two storeys, timber-framed, and with stone, tile or slate-covered roofs. Most of the buildings …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… occasion. In the progress of cultivation, a large flat stone was discovered by the plough, inscribed with a legend … cups, lamps, hammers, and adzes, all constructed of stone. Yell, North YELL, NORTH, Shetland.See Fetlar. Yester … with hedges of thorn, and in others with loose walls of stone. The hills are chiefly of the transition rock, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… and marls, except in the extreme W. where the higher ground is covered by Boulder Clay. The intensive occupation … into a number of rooms, was found only 20 cm. below the ground surface. No tessellated or tiled floors were uncovered … 1934 during quarrying operations. A large building, with stone-paved floors was discovered together with a small …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… carved with masonic emblems. In the present century the stone has been dug only for ballast. Enclosure was in 1778 … The nave and chancel roofs are steep-pitched and stone-slated, and those of the side chapels are flat-pitched; … which was probably built between 1776 and 1778 (NRO, W(A) BOX.2.I.3B; Enclosure Map). (18) Whitelands, two storeys, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… to be fit for residence c. 1830, 58 work on a large new stone house 500 m. west of the church began in 1832. 59 The … 11, 14; O.S. Map 1", sheet 34 (1828 edn.); W.R.O. 1171, box 20, map of Berwick Bassett, 1728; cf. above, Berwick … W.R.O., Ch. Com., M 65. Ibid. A 1/345/460; ibid. 1409, box 14, abstract of title, 1927; mons. in church; above, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… jamb-stones, on the E. side, have spiral ornament, and a stone beyond the outer cap on the same side has carved … windows with chamfered frames and mullions and the ground-floor has two three-light windows with moulded mullions. Inside the building is an original stone staircase with an octagonal newel. On the first floor …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… with the dressings throughout the church, are of Barnack-stone ashlar. The roofs are covered with lead. There was … and the wall of the S. arcade. The three arches of the ground-stage are each two-centred and of two orders, the … holding a heart; in modern recess adjoining, a round oak box (4 in. by 4 in.) with incised lines and rebated lid, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… a tiled roof and a timber lantern. The walls stand on a stone plinth. ConditionGood, restored. (3). Moorhampton Farm, … one storey with attics, timber-framed, and with roofs of stone slates. It was built in the 17th century on an L-shaped … one storey with attics, timber-framed, and with roofs of stone slates. It was built in the 17th century, but has been …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… springs, and the substratum abounds with good building-stone. The population is mostly employed in the manufacture … the early and partly in the later English style, with two stone stalls enriched with trefoil arches. Near it are the … vicarial for 250; the glebe consists of garden and orchard ground attached to the glebe-house. The church is a large …