Description

SX 47 NE BRENTOR

11/23 Brinsabach Farmhouse and
- outbuilding adjoining at west

II

Farmhouse. C16 origins, C19 additions, C20 alterations. Stone rubble with asbestos
slate roof gabled at ends and tall stone stack at left gable end. Originally
probably 3 room and through passage plan, the lower end now single storey under a
corrugated iron roof and used partly as an outbuilding. C19 additions at rear. Main
block 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3-window front with irregular fenestration and C20
windows. Porch of sloping slated roof carried in solid stone walls on front to the
left of the main block. Stone seat in porch. C16 chamfered 4-centred doorway to
former passage has a triangular section of unusual carving in relief above the
opening consisting of decorative patee fitched crosses.
Interior: Fireplace to left gable end stack partly blocked. Roof timbers said to
have been replaced. The Batten family (q.v. parish church) have lived at Brinsabach
since the early C16.

Listing NGR: SX4822679809

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26456658

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