Description

SJ 78 SE ASHLEY C.P. MOBBERLEY ROAD

4/15 Lower House Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. Early C18 with C19 additions. Red English garden wall
bond brick. Slate roof. Single range with C19 wing and outshut to
rear. Two storeys. Entrance front of 3 bays, central basket arched
window (probably originally doorway) with tablet above containing
latin inscription identifying house as built by William Meredith Bart
in 1733 and remodelled by Egerton of Tatton in 1888. Windows to
either side have splayed heads with keystones, containing 3-light
casements; upper windows have replaced voussoirs. Porch to left-hand
side of 1888 forming entry to hunting lodge of one room only of two
bays superimposed on extreme left hand bay and causing removal of
penultimate left-hand window to the right. Gable ends both have round
openings (now bricked in). C19 ovolo-moulded ground floor window of 2
lights to right-hand side gable end.
Interior: long, stout, chamfered and end stopped beams to parlour and
present kitchen.

Listing NGR: SJ7792583383

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26432419

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  For the Record
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990