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TF 1210-1310 MARKET DEEPING TOWNGATE EAST (north side) 12/183 Towngate Farm House, farmbuildings, wall 30.10.68 and railings (formerly listed as Towngate House) G.V. II Farmhouse, farm buildings, wall and railings. Early C19. Coursed limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings. Slate roof with stone coped gables, ashlar stacks to rear, cast iron railings. 3 storey, 3 bay front with plinth and 3 cill bands. T-plan. Central 6 panelled door with Gothick overlight in pointed moulded stone surround and 2 steps, flanked by single tripartite bow sash windows having Gothick dentillated cornices and flat lead roofs. To first floor are 2 glazing bar sashes having ashlar lintels with raised key blocks bearing Classical carved female heads. To second floor are 3 glazing bar sashes. Interior has stick baluster stair with wreathed handrail. To the left a lower 2 storey single bay service block with raised gable and single 2 light windows to each floor. With beyond a vehicular opening with timber lintel and a single storey farm building with a planked opening, raking dormer and to the ridge 2 louvred and gabled vents. To the right are cast iron railings with spear head terminals on a low wall with plinth. Beneath the railings, the copings are made from re-used sections of rounded arches. To the left is a pent roofed structure containing a flush 6 panelled door in plain surround and to right is a similar building. Listing NGR: TF1347910862

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