Description

SX 48 NW STOWFORD SPRYTOWN

3/284 Lowertown Farmhouse
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GV II

Farmhouse. C16 origins, C19 and C20 alterations. Colourwashed and rendered with
2-span slate roof with hipped ends. 1 massive projecting stone stack with set-offs
at left end, 1 lateral stone projecting stack with set-offs on front at right. The
original plan was probably 3-room and through passage with heated lower end and the
hall heated by the lateral stack. Disturbance to the right-hand end wall suggests
that the inner room has been demolished. In the C19 the house was extended to the
rear forming a double depth plan, and a stair was inserted in the passage. 2
storeys. Asymmetrical 3-window front with the former hall stack on the front at the
right and the front door in a long lean-to porch on the front. Ground floor window
left is a 20-pane sash. Ground floor window in right-hand end of lean-to is a
2-light casements.
Interior Modernized but may conceal earlier features. Ground floor room left has 2
boxed-in cross beams.

Listing NGR: SX4112285360

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26399473

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)