Description

RATLEY AND UPTON HIGH STREET
SP34NE (South side)
Ratley
3/129 Mount Farmhouse
15/6/84

GV II

Farmhouse. C15/C16 rear wing, C18 front ranges, with later alterations. Regular coursed ironstone. Slate roofs with coped gable parapets; stone ridge end and lateral stacks. L-plan, with wing to rear on left. 2 storeys and attic: 3-window range. Long irregular front to road of 2 ranges has entrance at right end. C20 stone porch with coped gable and leaded light, and half-glazed door in left return side. Blocked doorway in left end of right range. Left range, at lower level, has half-glazed door. Irregular fenestration of leaded 2,3 and 4-light casements. On right 3-light ground floor and 4-light first casements have stone lintels with keystones. Other openings have painted wood lintels, some old. Both ranges have gabled parapets on left; roof hipped on right. Left return side has 2-light stone-mullioned windows with hood moulds. Right return side has old casements, C20 three-light mullioned window, and one and 2-light old mullioned windows. Large external stack has two C19 square stone shafts. To rear: irregular main range has leaded light casements and mullioned windows, some C20. Higher wing on left: stone mullioned windows with hood moulds throughout. One-window front has 3-light and 2-light attic windows. Coped gable parapet. Right return side has 3-light windows to left, lengthened on ground floor and 2-light to right, with mullion removed on first floor. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SP3816747352

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26275173

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