Description

SO 81 SE BROCKWORTH COOPER'S HILL

6/35 Well Close Farm

GV II

Farmhouse. c16 or C17, C20 modifications. square-panelled timber framing with
curved bracing; rendered and painted brick infill; coursed squared and finely
dressed limestone; limestone rubble with dressed stone quoins; Cl9
red brick lean-to extension; concrete tile to the east-facing roof
pitch; artificial stone slate to the opposite side; red stacks, one
on a coursed squared and dressed limestone base; one projecting
ashlar stack with a brick shaft. Rectangular plan with former
projecting porch on the east side. Lean-to extensions either side
of porch, at the north gable end and to the west front, not of
special interest. Two storeys. East front: projecting porch off-
centre left with limestone rubble extension to the left. The
remainder of the house is timber-framed except the ground floor of
the two far right-hand bays which are ashlar built. Gabled 2-
storey timber-framed porch with C20 windows comprising single glass
panes to the ground floor; 3-light casement with transom and gable
projects slightly from the first floor; C20 three-light casement to
the ground floor to the right of the porch; plank door; small
single-light window within a flat-chamfered surround to the ashlar
part; two 2-light casements respecting framing to the first floor;
two C20 single pane windows, one above the other to the rubble-
built part to the left of the porch. East facing elevation with
chimney gable off-centre right; moulded hood of former 3-light
stone-mullioned casement now replaced by a C20 three-light casement
within the ashlar-built part; single-light 2, 3 and 4-light
casements mostly with horizontal glazing bars to the ground and
first floors. Axial, gable-end and projecting stacks. Interior
not accessible.

Listing NGR: SO8900114633

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26384065

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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