Description

SJ 97 NE KETTLESHULME C.P. CLAYHOLES ROAD
(West Side)

3/72 Wright's Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse: earlier C17 with C19 alterations. Washed, coursed squared
buff sandstone rubble. Kerridge stone-slate roof, stone ridge and 3
stone chimneys. T-shaped in plan. 2-storey, 3-bay north front.
Central bay steps one bay forward and has lean-to against ground
storey. 6-pane window with rubble hood mould above and semi-circular
headed niche in gable. 2 similar openings have windows, to right
side. Left end bay has window with remains of hood mould. Right end
bay has ovolo-moulded doorcase with a flat hood above lying behind C20
glass porch. Remains of 3-light stone mullion with hood mould above.
Interior: 3 rooms on ground floor. Door opens into dairy with 2
chamfered beams. Main room has heck post and screen and fire beam
forming inglenook. Ovolo-moulded beam in the ceiling. The linkage
and stone flywheel of a butter churn device operated by a foot treadle
in front of the living room fire and working the float in the churn in
the dairy survives. This was made by Goddard, a wheelwright who lived
in the farm in the last century.

Listing NGR: SJ9948979367

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26431909

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House