Harmondsworth is mentioned in Domesday Book, its name coming from the Anglo-Saxon Heremōdes worþ, meaning “Heremōd’s Enclosure“, or Heremundes worþ, meaning “Heremund’s Enclosure“.
Evidence of early-Settlement North-east of Heathrow has been discovered. About 12-Hut Sites were found within an Earthwork, which also contained the remains of a Temple. [Earthwork, called Camp on OS, nearly 2-miles South East of the Church, was an Oblong of about 90 x 130-yds with rounded angles. It has been practically obliterated by the Plough. It is referred to in Aubrey’s MS. Mon. Brit. iii, 161.] The Huts produced evidence of a Domestic Occupation approximately dating to the early-Iron Age from c.500-BC onwards. Before the Excavation of the Site in 1944 the Earthwork, Ploughed Flat about 1906, had been thought to contain a Roman Camp. In the 8thC-AD, probably in 780, Land amounting to 20-Mansiones in the place called Hermonds in the Middle Saxon Province, was Granted by Offa, King of Mercia, to his Servant Ældred.
The Ancient Parish of Harmondsworth Lay on the Western Boundary of Middlesex, adjoining Colnbrook (Bucks.) and between West Drayton to the North and Stanwell & Bedfont on the South. More than half of its area is covered by London Airport (Heathrow), on which work started in 1944. Previously the Parish had included Harmondsworth Village, 3-other Villages, Heathrow, Longford & Sipson, and a Farm with a few scattered Cottages called Perry Oaks. In the Middle-Ages there was also a Hamlet called Southcote. Covering in 1951 some 3,308-acres, the Parish was almost 2½-miles from West to East, and, except where a narrow Leg extended Northward between West Drayton & Harlington to the Boundary with Hillingdon Parish, under 2-miles from North to South. To the West the Parish & county Boundary was formed by the Bigley Ditch and the Wyrardisbury (Wraysbury)River, both Branches of the River Colne, and most of the Southern Boundary was marked by the Duke of Northumberland’s River. In the 1940s the ‘Duke’s’ River was Diverted and thereafter ran across the Southern Portion of the Airport. The Eastern and Northern Boundaries ran across Fields shared with Bedfont, Harlington & West Drayton. In 1949 the Civil Parish of Harmondsworth was merged in that of Yiewsley & West Drayton, which now forms part of the London Borough of Hillingdon.
Harmondsworth Parish is almost entirely flat and lies just over 75-ft. above Sea Level. The Soil along the Rivers and in the West is Alluvium; Taplow Gravel covers the area South of the Bath Road, and continues Northward in a very narrow strip alongside the Alluvium; the remainder is Brickearth (Clay). The Parish is extensively watered on the western side by the Colne and its Branches. The Colne itself and 4-Tributary Streams, 2 of which are Artificial, runs from North to South across the Parish West of Longford. In the North-west runs the Bigley Ditch, which leaves the Colne at West Drayton. West of Harmondsworth Village the Ditch joins the Wyrardisbury River, formerly also known as Hawthorn’s River, and the Pyle or Poyle Mill Stream, which also left the Colne at West Drayton. In 1586 Land on either side of the River was charged with the upkeep of Mad Bridge, which carried the Bath Road across the ‘River’ between Longford & Colnbrook. During the 18th & early-19thCs this Bridge was maintained by the Colnbrook Turnpike Trustees, who presumably Erected in 1834 the Bridge with Cast-iron Parapets which was still standing in 1968.
Central plaque with Raised Crown & Lettering: WR IV 1834
Slightly to the East of the Wyrardisbury River runs the Colne itself, having divided into 2-Streams on the North Boundary of the Parish. The Main Stream follows the Western Branch, formerly called the Middle River or the Drayton & Staines Mill Stream, while the Eastern Branch runs Southward into the Duke of Northumberland’s River. This Eastern Branch, in the early-19thC called the Old River, formerly rejoined the Main Stream at its confluence with the Longford River, but by 1826 seems to have been Diverted to run straight into the Duke’s River. The Duke of Northumberland’s River and the Longford River are both Artificial, and run East & West respectively of Longford Village. The Duke’s River (formerly the Isleworth Mill River) was Constructed to increase the Water Driving Isleworth Mill in or about 1543 (The Duke was Lord of the Isleworth Manor), although Work seems to have begun as early as 1530.
It seems possible, however, that the Cut was made along the Course of a much earlier Stream. The Longford River, constructed by Charles I to improve the Water Supply at Hampton Court, did not receive its present name until the 20thC, having been called variously the New River, the King’s River, the Queen’s River, the Cardinal’s River, the Hampton Court Cut, and the Hampton Court Canal. The River was stopped up in 1648 or 1649 without Authority and Petitions were Lodged in 1653 against its re-Opening because of Flood Damage to Crops & Livestock. In the late-1940s, to help the Building of Heathrow Airport, both the Duke’s River and the Longford River were diverted Southward into a Single Channel.
The Colne, the Longford River, and the Duke’s River are all Bridged by the Bath Road. The Colne is crossed by Moor or ‘High Bridge’, which existed in the 15thC, when there was also an unidentified Bridge called ‘Middle Bridge‘. In 1627 the maintenance of High Bridge was Charged on a Sipson Farm. The Bridge was rebuilt or repaired in 1652 when it was called Middle Bridge. A new Bridge was Erected in 1809, and in 1826 was still maintained out of the Sipson Property. The Longford River was presumably Bridged when the River was Constructed. This Bridge was Demolished in 1648, but had been replaced by 1675. In the 19thC, when it was called Stone Bridge, the Crown was responsible for its Upkeep. In 1960 it was called ‘King’s Bridge‘. The Bath Road crosses the Duke of Northumberland’s River by Longford Bridge at the East end of Longford Village. A Bridge called Longford Bridge was probably 1st Erected in the 14thC, but, as the 2-Rivers that Flow through Longford are both Artificial, it is possible that Longford Bridge itself stood in the place of either ‘Mad‘ or ‘High Bridge‘. This Conjecture is supported by the fact that in the 14thC neighbouring Parishes had helped to Repair it. On the other hand, as the Duke’s River may have been Cut along an older Watercourse it seems more likely that the ‘Long Ford‘ & the Later Bridge have been in substantially their present position since the 14thC. In the late-14th & early-15thCs the maintenance of the Bridge was the responsibility of the Lord of the Manor.
Early Settlement in the area appears to have been dominated by the Bath Road which Bisects the Parish from East to West. Of the 5-Settlements only one grew up on the Road. The Village of Harmondsworth, which was probably in existence before 1086, Lies in the North-west of the Parish, about ½-mile North of the Bath Road, and less than ¼-mile inside the Northern Parish Boundary. Sipson, 1st mentioned in 1214, lies on the same Latitude as Harmondsworth, but nearly a mile to the East. Longford, the only Medieval Settlement to grow up along the Bath Road, was in existence by 1337. Longford was presumably situated on a ‘River’, which has not been clearly identified, although it seems likely to have been along the Course of the Later ‘Duke of Northumnerland’s River. The position of Southcote Hamlet, which was in existence by 1265, is not accurately known. In the 13th & 14thCs a Southcote Family lived in the Parish but their earliest Holding seems to have been in Sipson. The Family does not appear to have acquired Land in Southcote itself until 1310. The earliest indication of the situation of Southcote is in a Rental of 1337 where the Holding at Perry of John, son of Robert de Perry, is Listed under the Hamlet of Southcote. In 1349 Southcote was described as ‘juxta Colnbrook‘, and in the early-15thC a Meadow was described as Lying near ‘High Bridge‘ between Colney Stream & Southcotes. All available Evidence places the Hamlet in the South-west of the Parish. In the 15thC Southcote became known as ‘Southcoterow‘, and, in 1450, ‘Southcoterow’ included the Perry Lands & Land called Padburys. In 1583 both Perry & Padburys Lay in Heathrow.
Heathrow itself, the last definite area of Settlement in the Parish, began to appear in the early-15thC at about the same time as Southcote became known as ‘Southcoterow‘. A man said in 1403 to be of ‘Southcoterow’ was described in 1416 as of Heathrow. Records throughout the Century are confused: in 1450 ‘Southcoterow’ but not Heathrow was Listed in a Manorial Rental, and in 1453 Tallage Collectors (Fuedal Tax) were appointed for Heathrow and the other Hamlets but not for ‘Southcoterow‘. Both Settlements appear in a Rental of 1493/4, but thereafter Heathrow almost always appears alone. It seems most likely that Southcote itself Lay nearer to Perry Oaks, a later Settlement about 1¼-mile South of Harmondsworth, than to Heathrow. Perry itself was called a Hamlet in 1354, and as it is not so mentioned again until the 16thC the reference may be to Southcote. In the 14thC the name Southcote was also associated with a Manor which lay partly in Harmondsworth and partly in Ruislip Parish.
By 1337 the Settlement areas, almost all situated in the West of the Parish, were clearly defined. There were 48-Houses on Moor & Sheep Lanes in Harmondsworth, 30 in Longford & 17 in Southcote, but only 14-Houses at Sipson in the North-east. These areas were surrounded by Cultivated Land. The absence of Settlement in the South-east is explained by the Intrusion of Hounslow Heath, which covered this area until the 19thC. Apart from encroachments on the Heath this pattern of Settlement appears to have remained virtually unchanged until the 20thC. In the early-15thC there were Houses on 4-Roads in Harmondsworth, Moor Lane, Sherlane, Ash Lane & Sipson Way & also on the Square called the Place. Heathrow in 1583 contained 14-Houses, but until the mid-18thC little further is known. Harmondsworth & Sipson were mentioned by John Norden (Cartographer c.1647-1525), & Longford is recorded by Ogilby (Cartographer 1600-1676).
The 1st definite Picture of the Parish is supplied by John Rocque’s Map of 1754, where the Settlement pattern is clearly shown. At Longford, Harmondsworth, & Sipson there were small, compact Groups of Houses. At Longford they lined both sides of the Bath Road from the East Bank of the Longford River up to and across the Duke of Northumberland’s River. Harmondsworth was mainly grouped South & West of the Church and along the South side of Moor Lane. Hatch Lane Led South to the Bath Road, and continued South to Perry Oaks as Long Lane; Holloway Lane Led North to West Drayton; while Harmondsworth Lane, running East to Sipson, and continuing to Harlington as Sipson Lane, was only a Track across the Open-fields. The Main Settlement at Sipson lay South of Harmondsworth Lane, and was grouped on both sides of Sipson Road; a few Houses were situated at Sipson Green where the Road joined the Bath Road. From the Bath Road at King’s Arbour to its Southernmost point Dwellings, collectively known as Heathrow, Lined the side of Heathrow Road. At the South end 2-Tracks left the Road and ran over the Heath, one Southward to Bedfont & the other East to Hatton. Another Track to Hatton ran South-east from King’s Arbour. Perry Oaks consisted of 1-House. From it the later Oaks Road led South to Stanwell and another Road South-west to Stanwell Moor. Heathrow Road itself turned North to the Bath Road again as Tithe Barn Lane.
In 1754 the greater part of the Parish was Open. Around all the Settlements were Inclosed Lands, but there appears to have been none elsewhere. The uncultivated area West of the Rivers was known as Harmondsworth Moors, although South of the Bath Road the area between the Colne & the Longford Rivers was Meadowland, and between the Longford and the Duke’s of Northumberland’s Rivers Arable. Arable covered the rest of the Parish to the Eastern Boundary North of the Bath Road and to Heathrow Road in the South. Harmondsworth Field Lay North of the Bath Road and South of Harmondsworth Lane, while Sipson Field covered the area North of Harmondsworth & Sipson Lanes. Heathrow Field Lay South of the Main Road and behind Heathrow. Hounslow Heath covered the area South & West of Heathrow. In 1754, therefore, both ends of the Parish consisted of uncultivated Moor or Heath, while the Central portion, Ringed with Settlements and a Belt of Inclosed Land, formed the Cultivated area.
Between 1754 & the Parliamentary Inclosure of 1819 Inclosure Increased, mainly in the North & South-west and Settlement spread between Heathrow & Perry Oaks, although still on the Northern side of the Road. At Inclosure few of the Roads were Altered. Harmondsworth & Sipson Lanes were both made along the old Tracks. Long Lane, then called Lord Lane, was made a Private Road, and other Private Roads continued from Moor Lane in Harmondsworth over the Moors. Cain’s Lane was Laid out over the Heath but ran South-east to Bedfont, and not East as it had previously done. High Tree Lane was made approximately along the Old Track to Bedfont, but the Track from King’s Arbour over the Heath disappeared. At this date most of the Fields can be identified, although the Perry Fields, which existed both in the 17thC and in 1839, were not mentioned. Apart from Harmondsworth, Sipson & Heathrow Fields, the Older Fields & Meadows appear to be Little Field, Wide Mead & Bury Mead. A Southcote Field is mentioned in 1431, and an Oldfield in Heathrow in 1597, but these cannot now be identified.
By 1839 the Cultivated area of the Parish had been considerably extended. Over 770-acres of former Heath & Moorland had been brought under Cultivation, although the extreme Western end of the Parish was still Rough Pasture. There were also almost 30 small Orchards scattered across the Parish. In Harmondsworth Village, Cottages had extended over the Colne, and there were also a few Houses near Mad Bridge. Sipson Green, Lying on both sides of the Bath Road, was almost as Large as Sipson itself, but both Sipson Green & Sipson were smaller than Harmondsworth (the Largest Village), Longford & Heathrow. There were Village Shops at Harmondsworth, Longford & Sipson, but Heathrow had only a Public House.
During the 19th & early-20thCs the Parish was comparatively little Built upon. By 1900 Houses in Harmondsworth extended down Hatch Lane on both sides of the Road & Buildings behind Moor Lane had been Erected. In Sipson Houses had been Built along Sipson Lane, Sipson Road & Harmondsworth Lane, while a few Dwellings were erected at Sipson Green. The Timber Framed King William Inn, on the South side of the Road at Sipson, nearly 1-mile East of the Church, has been extensively altered. A few Houses were Built along Heathrow Road & Cain’s Lane but this area remained largely Rural until WW2. After 1850, however, Arable Land in the Parish Diminished and extensive Orchards were planted. These lay mainly on the Periphery of the Parish, on the Moors, surrounding Sipson & Sipson Green, in Cain’s Lane, and surrounding Perry Oaks. The Centre remained Arable. There were also several Glasshouses at Sipson.
The character of the Parish started to change gradually in 1929 with the Opening of the Colnbrook By-pass, which left the Bath Road at the Junction with Hatch Lane and by-passed Longford to the North. Industrial Development began in 1930 with the opening of the Road Research Laboratory on the Colnbrook By-pass.
In the same year the Fairey Aviation Co opened an Airfield, the Great West Aerodrome, South-west of Heathrow. This formed the nucleus of the Later Heathrow Airport, and the Fairey Hangar was eventually incorporated into Heathrow Airport as a Fire Station. By the late-1930s some Residential Building had taken place, although almost entirely in the Northern half of the Parish. Small Estates were built off Hatch Lane around Candover Close and Zealand Avenue and further Building took place along Sipson Road, around Blunts Avenue, and along the North side of the Bath Road at Sipson Green. Longford remained virtually untouched. A Brick-works was established by the corner of Cain’s Lane and Heathrow Road and the area of former Heathland was extensively worked for Gravel, Sand & Grit. The County Council also opened a large Sewage Pumping Station to the West of Perry Oaks. The Great South West Road from Brentford to Staines also crossed the South-east Corner of the Parish but played no part in its Development. Although many of the Orchards survived, their numbers had been greatly reduced and it seems probable that much of the former Fruit-growing area was being used for Market Gardening. In 1944 Harmondsworth & Sipson retained their Agricultural Character despite some Suburban Housing. It was then suggested that further Expansion in the Yiewsley & West Drayton area should be curtailed, as the Land was primarily in demand for Agriculture; this proposal has largely been followed.
In 1944, however, the modern pattern of Harmondsworth began to emerge with the Transfer of the Fairey Airfield to the Royal Air Force and its subsequent development by the Air Ministry as Heathrow RAF Station. This entailed the complete Demolition of Heathrow & Perry Oaks Hamlets, and widespread Draining of the old Flooded Gravel Pits. Many of the small Buildings along the South side of the Bath Road that were still standing in 1960 were erected by the RAF. Although RAF Personnel were using the Airfield in 1944/45, the construction of the Base’s 3-Runways had not been completed by 1945. The end of WW2 left the RAF with no need of a Long-Haul Transport Airfield, and it was proposed that the Station should be converted into an International Civil Airport. In 1946 Heathrow Airport came Officially into being and was transferred to the Ministry of Civil Aviation; regular Services started in January 1946, and Civil Flights from Northolt were transferred to Heathrow after 1952.
The Passenger Terminal in March 1946 was an area of Army Tents & Duck Boarding next to the Southside of the Bath Road. Later the Tents were replaced by Prefabricated Buildings. (It was straight opposite the Bricklayers Arms Pub, which in 1954 was renamed the ‘Air Hostess’, and in 1988 was Demolished.) The 1st Control Tower was a crude Brick Building (3-Storeys, plus 2-Huts on its Flat Roof) roughly where the Airport Police Station is now.
A Plan to extend the Airport by Building 3-Runways on the North side of the Bath Road, in addition to the 7 under Construction in the Main Part of the Airport was, however, abandoned. The Expansion of the Airport during the Late 1940s entailed Road & River Diversions. Heathrow Road, Cain’s Lane, High Tree Road, Oaks Road were all Destroyed. Long Lane was diverted slightly but in 1960 still existed as a Private Road for Airport use and as an approach to the Sewage Works. In place of these Roads the Ministry constructed Stanwell New Road between 1947 & 1949. This runs South to Stanwell & Staines from the Bath Road between Moor & King’s Bridges. During Construction of the Runway the Sewage Works were moved North, and both the Duke of Northumberland’s and the Longford Rivers diverted to run Southward in 1-Channel. In 1960 most of the Airport’s 2,850-acres Lay in Harmondsworth.
The Area in the Parish included Runways 1 to 7 laid out in the form of a Star of David (Hexagram), the Central Terminal Buildings designed by Frederick Gibberd, the North Terminal Buildings, the Southern Air-traffic Control Centre, and the large Maintenance Base of British European Airways. The M4 Motorway from London to the West, opened in 1964, cuts through the Northernmost tip of Harmondsworth Parish before entering West Drayton. A Branch Road to the South, passing East of Sipson and beneath Sipson Lane, Sipson Road & the Bath Road, links the Motorway with the Airport. North of the Airport and the Bath Road the appearance of the Parish has otherwise changed little. Flat & Hedgeless, its Fields Lay Open, and in the West by the Rivers it remained Rough Pasture.
Apart from the Church and the Great Barn, the 2 most notable Buildings in Harmondsworth Village are in Summerhouse Lane.
The Grange is a 2-Storey Brick House, with a Hipped, Tiled Roof, and windows mostly 2-light and transomed. It was Built in 1675 and in the South Wall there is a painted Sundial dated 1695. The Grange, house 160-yds SSE of the Church, is of 2-Storeys with Attics; the Walls are of Brick & the Roofs are Tiled. It was Built on an L-shaped Plan with the Wings extending towards the South & East. There are some minor additions. The exterior has a moulded Band between the Storeys & a modillioned Eaves-cornice; the Windows generally are of the 2-light Transomed Type, but the Lower-Range windows on the North. have been carried down to the Ground. The Central Doorways on the West & North have moulded Frames & Lights over them; above the West Doorway is a Sunk Brick Panel with the date 1675; the South end of the Roof has a Wrought Iron Weather-Vane; between the Sash-windows at this end is a painted Sun-dial with the date 1695. Inside the Building, the Dining-room is lined with re-used early-17thC panelling with a late-17thC Cornice; the Doorway has an eared Architrave, Entablature & Key-block. There are several late-17thC Panelled Doors. The original Staircase has symmetrically turned Balusters and Square Newels with Ball-terminals & Pendants. On the 1st-Floor are 2-Fireplaces with Moulded Surrounds, Entablatures & Panelled Overmantels; a 3rd Fireplace has a Moulded Surround & Shelf. The Garden has a Brick Wall of late-17thC Date & 2-Gate Piers with Cornices & Ball-terminals.
Harmondsworth Hall, 130-yds South of the Church opposite the Grange, has been completely remodelled or re-Built in the 18thC and more recent times, but incorporates a 17thC Chimney-Stack, of Cruciform Plan set diagonally. The Building is Purple Brick with Red Brick Detailing. The Walls were Built on to the Hall in the 18thC and are also Purple Brick, but Laid in Flemish Bond
At the West end of the Village Street, where the Road widens to form a small Green, the Sun House SE of the Churchyard & perhaps an Original Church House, a Timber-framed Range probably dating from the 16thC, was remodelled in the 18thC. Inside the Building, the shaped Wall-posts of the original Roof-Ttrusses are exposed.
The Lodge, an imposing early-19thC Residence at the far end of the Street, stood Derelict in 1968, by which time the 16thC Centre House in Holloway Lane had already been Demolished.
At the West end of Longford, Weekly House, on the South side of the Bath Road, dates from c.1700 & Longford Close, opposite, from the late-18thC. In the Middle of the Village a restored Timber-framed House with Cross-Wings, dating from the 16thC, faces the White Horse Inn which has been much altered and refronted in Brick. In a Lane leading to the ‘River’ a Range of 1739 had recently been renovated as 2-Houses in 1968. Further East a Group of Timber-framed Buildings includes Longford Cottage and the House now called the Stables, both much restored. Sipson House, dating from the late-18thC, stands near the South end of Sipson Lane opposite the Main Entrance to London Airport.
Nothing is known of the Inns of the Parish before the mid-18thC. In 1748 there were 9-Inns of which the ‘Magpies‘, the ‘King’s Head‘, and the ‘White Horse‘ became the best known. The ‘Magpies‘, later called the ‘Old Magpies‘, stood at the corner of Heathrow Road and the Bath Road. The House, Built in the 16thC and later much altered, was Demolished in the 1950s. A few yards up the road was another Inn called the ‘Three Magpies’, which may be that known in 1765 as the ‘Three Pigeons‘ and later as the ‘Magpie & Pigeon‘. This 18thC House was still Standing in 1960. In Harmondsworth Village the Five Bells, 17thC but refaced with Brick, looks Eastward down the Main Street from the Green. At Longford the ‘White Horse‘, dating from the 17thC, is much restored. The ‘King’s Head‘ at Longford originally stood just East of the Duke’s River on the North side of the Bath Road. It acquired its later name of the ‘Peggy Bedford‘ from the Family of Licensees who are 1st found at the ‘King’s Head‘ in 1775, and were still there in 1824. It is said that Peggy Bedford herself died in 1859 and that the Inn was burned down later in the Century. It was rebuilt on its present Corner Site on the Colnbrook By-pass and the Bath Road in the 1930s.
The Domesday Survey mentions 44-People on the Monastic Estate in Harmondsworth, and 2-villeins on a further hide, which belonged to Colham Manor. In the mid-12thC there were said to be 86-people in the Parish, and in the 1330s 43-men were listed on a Muster Roll. By 1337 the Manor of Harmondsworth had 16-Tenants in Ruislip. In 1530 there was an increase, probably Temporary, of 42-Labourers who were working on the New River Cut from Longford, and in 1547 there were 245-Communicants in the Parish. In 1642 143-Adult males took or failed to take the Protestation Oath, and 107-people were assessed to the Hearth Tax in 1664. Twelve years later there were said to be 200-Conformists and 48-nonconformists in the Parish. In 1801 the population was 879. From that date it has risen fairly steadily; the numbers appear Stationary between 1841 and 1861, and the increase is again slow between 1881 & 1901. The largest single increase came during the decade from 1921 to 1931 when the Population rose from 2,288 to 3,084. There were 3,365 people resident in the Parish in 1951 & 3,321 in 1961.
Few famous people have been associated with the Parish. General Sir John Byng, who fought throughout the Peninsular War and at Waterloo, was in 1835 created Baron Strafford of Harmondsworth and later Earl of Strafford. William Heather, a late-16thC Musician, founder of the Professorship of Music in the University of Oxford, was born at Harmondsworth about 1563.
Heathrow Farm, House and Barns 350-yds SSW of Perrots Farm. The House was built late in the 16thC and has 18thC & later additions on the North side. The House has been refaced in Brick. Inside the Building 1-Rroom has an original moulded Ceiling-Beam. There are also 2-original Doors and a little original Panelling with enriched Upper Panels. The Barn, West of the House, is of the 17thC, Timber-framed and of 6-Bays with a Porch. A rather earlier Barn adjoins this one on the SW. To the West. of the 2nd Barn is a 3rd, of 4-Bays, and of late-16th or early- 17thC date.
Perry Oaks Farm, House, Barns & Pigeon-house, 1½-miles SSE of the church. The House is a Brick building, probably of late-16thC date. It was remodelled in the 18thC when an addition was made at the North. end and the West side perhaps slightly heightened. The East side has 3-Gables. In the house are 3-Doors of 17th & early-18thC date. The Barn, NW of the House, is Timber-framed and probably of the 16th century; it is of seven bays, with queen-post trusses and a porch. The barn, W. of the house, has been incorporated in a larger building. The Pigeon-house, N. of the house, is a square timber-framed building of the 17th century, with a pyramidal roof.
(22) House, two tenements, on the S. side of the road at Longford, 1,100 yards S.S.W. of the church.
(23) House, three tenements, 60 yards W. of (22), has a cross-wing at the N. end.
(24) College Farm, house, three tenements, on the N. side of the road 220 yards W. of (23), has been partly refaced in brick and has a cross-wing at the E. end.
(25) White Horse Inn, 130 yards S.W. of (24), has been much altered and refronted in brick.
(26) House, nearly opposite (25), was built in the 16th century with cross-wings at the ends. The upper storey of the wings probably projected in front, but has been under-built, and the N. wing has been refronted in brick. There are some original windows with moulded frames and mullions and some original and later doors.
(27) Cottage, three tenements, 50 yards S.W. of (26), has a thatched roof. It has been refaced in brick.
(28) Weekly House and barns 50 yards S.W. of (27). The House is of brick and has a coved eaves-cornice on the E. and W. sides. Inside the building, the original staircase has turned balusters and square newels with ball-terminals and pendants. There are some original doors and a fireplace with a moulded surround, shelf and panelled overmantel with flanking pilasters. The Barns, E. of the house, are timber-framed
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