Description

SO 36 SE BYTON CP -

5/2 Court Farmhouse 19.8. 53

GV II

Farmhouse. C15 east wing remodelled during C16 or C17 when west cross- wing added; the cross-wing was further altered during late C19 or early C20 when roof and interior altered. Timber-framed core largely refaced with sandstone rubble, C16 or C17 wing is completely rendered and has C20 surface timbering; half-hipped tiled roof to wing, part Welsh slate, part stone slate roof to earlier wing. Earlier hall wing possibly of three bays aligned east/west with former through-passage now partially blocked, later cross-wing adjoins at west end. Large stack with bread oven at junction with cross-wing, main entrance now in west face of cross-wing with subsidiary entrance to south in earlier wing (site of former through-passage). West front: two storeys with attics and cellars; three 3-light irregularly spaced windows; left of centre late C19 or early C20 gabled porch to ground floor with contemporary ledged door. South front: gable end of cross-wing to left with skylight to attic below half hip in roof, one 3-light window below; earlier wing to right with small central 3-light window between eaves and doorway. The ground floor has 2-light windows which flank the square-headed doorway with ledged door; part of the circular bread oven protrudes to left at junction with cross-wing. Interior: the upper section of one truss is partially visible in earlier wing; this has cusped principals and may have further decorated members. The C16 inserted floor has chamfered beams. Further chamfered beams in later cross-wing with unusual decorative bracket surviving in central room of cross-wing. (RCHM, Vol III, p 320.)

Listing NGR: SO3704764024

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6