Baxter's House, Eaton Constantine
Introduction
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Baxter's House, Eaton Constantine
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 12 Jul 2020
The whole house is not easily seen from this direction, but this former farmhouse is a modified late 15th century timber framed building of considerable character and substance, which attracted a Grade II* listing https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101055263-baxters-house-leighton-and-eaton-constantine#.YOyhAehKjIU & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1055263 in 1986. There are many original interior features still intact, including massive spine and cross beams and a substantial inglenook fireplace, and traces in the architecture of many other features that have been altered over the years. The oldest part is nearest the camera, being a 3-bay hall range with attic, and the larger cross wing beyond was added in the 17th century. Its name reflects the fact that the house was the home in the 1620s of the young Richard Baxter, the early 17th century Puritan theologian. There is also a Image in Bridgnorth, where he lived in the early 1640s.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.65247
Longitude
-2.594003