Description

SP 75 SW BLISWORTH STOKE ROAD (East side) 4/32 Stone Works Farmhouse and attached outbuilding

GV II

Farmhouse. Early C19. Limestone ashlar, hipped slate roofs, brick rear lateral stacks. L plan. 2-storey, 3-window range. Central 4-panel door with fanlight in rusticated stone surround. 16-pane sash windows to ground and 1st floors with stone lintels and keyblocks. Plinth, storey band, moulded stone eaves and blocking cornice. Central bay breaks forward and has pediment with inscription BLISWORTH/STONE WORKS. Single-storey, 5-bay wing to right with central C20 door in porch with Tuscan columns and plain entablature. Windows are flanked by plain pilasters and have segmental-arched heads and raised keyblocks. Imposts band and moulded stone eaves. 2-storey wing to rear left, possibly extension has sash window and C20 door and other C20 windows. Attached single-storey L-plan outbuilding has hipped slate roof and is open to yard to rear of house on Greek Doric columns. Interior not inspected. Blisworth stone quarry was opened in 1821 and formed part of the Northamptonshire estates of the Dukes of Grafton.

Listing NGR: SP7300252927

External Links

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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