Description

FIRST TURN
1.
1485
Church Farmhouse
SP 4909 17/9 12.1.54.
II
2.
Farmhouse. RCHM 285. C16, consisting of a North East-South West range
facing South East with a wing on North West with a later pent to it on North
East. In the West angle is a Cl9 addition. The Cl6 range is 2-storeyed
coursed rubble with a stone slate roof and 2 red brick end shafts, that
on the South West being on a moulded stone base and carried down the outside
of the house; in the South East face are 3 2-light 1st floor modem casement
windows; the ground floor has similar windows and an original stone doorway
with a 4-centred arch, moulded stop-chamfered jambs and blank shields in
the spandrels. The Cl9 addition has a Welsh slate roof and on the South
West end, a 2-storeyed 3-sided stone bay on a brick base; in its North West
face are 2 gables and modern sash windows. In the pent on the North East
are 2 unequal sized gabled dormers. Interior:- RCHM p 187 a.
Includes in the South ground floor room an original stone fireplace with
Ionic oak pilasters and an oak overmantel of 3 bays, also some early C17
panelling used as a dado. In the North East wall of the kitchen in the North
West wing some original wattle and daub filling has recently been exposed.
The 1st floor original stone fireplace has a modern wood surround and shelf.

Listing NGR: SP4963309792

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26299408

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)