Listing Text

BROMPTON AND A 489 (south side)
SO 29 SE RHISTON C.P.

12/11 The Lack
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1.12.51 II*
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Farmhouse. Early C17 with later additions and alterations. Timber framed
with plaster and painted brick infill; slate roof. Baffle-entry plan.
2 storeys; 3 framed bays with further bay to left added or re-built in
mid-C19. Framing: close-set vertical posts with middle rail to ground
floor. Jettied first floor with richly mouded bressumer supported on
decorated carved brackets has herringbone decoration to front; jetty also
on second floor to right gable end; small square panels to rear on first
floor with ground floor under-built in brick. Left bay in C19 brick now
painted black and white in imitation of timber frame. Irregular fenestration,
late C19 casements throughout, 2 on first floor to timber framed part and
2 on ground floor; first-floor window of right gable end has moulded wooden
cill of an earlier window. Brick addition has segmental-headed casement
on each floor. C20 boarded door in moulded surround to left of C17
part has C20 red brick ridge stack immediately to left. Interior:
considerably altered early C20 with new staircase and fireplaces but
retains chamfered cross-beam ceiling with ogee stops to right ground-floor
room.

Listing NGR: SO2651693860