Description

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2/8 Wisewandra Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. Circa mid C19, with some later alterations of C20. Slatestone rubble,
slate-hung front and left side. Asbestos slate roof with crested ridge tiles and
gable ends, gable end stacks, with rendered shaft to left and brick shaft to right.
Plan: double depth plan. The front range has a small room heated by gable end stack
to left, entrance and stair hall off-centre to left and unusually large room to right
heated by gable end, which is said to have originally have been a Methodist chapel in
the C19. Along the rear, the rear left room is a scullery/wash house, rear centre
unheated dairy and rear right kitchen.
Exterior: 2 storeys, nearly symmetrical 4-window range, with C19 windows. At first
floor, 16-pane sash to right and left and 2 central 12-pane sashes. The ground floor
has 16-pane sash to left and recessed porch which is rendered and lined out, with
moulded outer architrave and inner half-glazed door. To right, two 20-pane sashes at
ground floor, one to far right and slightly lower level, although the internal floor
level is consistent. Left side slate-hung. The right side has at ground floor 20-
pane sash to left, C20 window to right with cambered stone lintel; at attic level,
C20 light to right. The rear has a single storey rubble lean-to to left with
corrugated asbestos roof, 6-pane light and plain-door; this conceals the inner door
to the kitchen. To right, the dairy has a 2-light 8-pane casement with cambered
stone head, similar head to blocked doorway with C20 casement inserted. End right
has single storey lean-to porch with plain door, similar 2-light casement to right.
At first floor, 2 C20 lights to left and one to right. Off-centre to right, a tall
10-pane stair light of C19; first floor windows have timber lintels.
Interior: The stair hall has a dog-leg stair with stick balusters, wide hallway. C20
fireplaces to gable end stacks. The dairy has slate floor, slate shelves around the
walls and slate tables.

Listing NGR: SX3653659804

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26433324

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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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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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)