Description

HANBURY CP ASTWOOD LANE (south side) SO 96 NW 1/69 (11/7) Old Astwood Farmhouse (formerly listed as 5.6.76 Astwood Farmhouse) GV II*

Farmhouse, now house. Late C16, altered mid-C18, c1800 and mid-C19. Part timber-framed with rendered infill, part brick, plain tiled roofs. Former hall with two two-bay cross-wings at north and south gable ends; the north cross-wing was demolished in the mid-C18 and the hall in c1800 when a two- bay brick range was added to the south side elevation of the remaining cross- wing; during the mid-C19 a single-bay brick addition was built in place of the former hall with wings to east and west adjoining the cross-wing; the original cross-wing has an external sandstone chimney with four rebuilt diagonal stacks to its south elevation, and the south wing has a large, external brick chimney with off-sets and rebuilt stack to its rear elevation. Two storeys, attic and cellar with cogged eaves cornice; south wing is of one storey and attic with dormers. Framing: cross-wing has three rows of close-set vertical studs from sill to wall-plate, the upper row at the gable ends having some decorative panels and short straight braces at the upper corners; the attics are jettied on a moulded bressummer and have collar and tie-beam trusses with two collars, struts and decorative panels. West front elevation: casement windows throughout; original gable end has a 3-light and a single-light window on the ground floor with plank weatherings, a 2-light and a 3-light first-floor window and an attic light; to the left is the main entrance having a mid-C19 gabled timber-framed porch with moulded bargeboards and finial and a panelled door. The mid-C19 addition to the left has a ground- floor bay window and a first-floor 3-light window with a cambered head. The south wing to the right has three 3-light windows, a rectangular light and two doors, all with cambered heads, and two gabled dormers with 2-light windows. Interior: stop-chamfered cross-beamed ceiling and large sandstone fireplace on west bay of cross-wing;.also winder staircase beside chimney to south wing upper floor. The house was occupied by the Vernon family before they moved to Hanbury Hall in the early C18.

Listing NGR: SO9333265062

External Links

• Wikidata Q17548310

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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