Description

ST 68 NW OLVESTON FERN HILL (east side)

8/179 Lower Woodhouse Farmhouse

- II

Farmhouse. C17 with later alterations and additions. Rubble, pantiled and
double Roman tiled roofs, brick gable stack to left and right of centre, roof
line stepped at central stack. L-plan, former through passage. 2½ storeys,
3 windows, 1st floor has one 3-light casement and 2 of 2 lights, all with timber
lintel, ground floor has 3-light casement with concrete lintel, C19 gabled porch
in 2nd bay from left with heavy plank door in plain frame, 3-light casement and
C20 door with hood in place of former dairy door, 2-light dormer, single storey
addition with pitched roof to left with 2-light casement; south east elevation
has C20 window at ground and 1st floor, 3-light casement in gable. Rear has
single storey wing, (former cellar), irregular windows, former through passage
door now window. Interior: plank and batten doors, chamfered beams, winder
stair to rear of passage; 4-bay roof, tie-beam, collar and upper collar, plated
yoke, 2 rows of purlins.

Listing NGR: ST6096785533

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26430162

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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