Description

SX 45 SW ANTONY

6/20 West Antony Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse C17, with C19 and C20 alterations. Sandstone rubble, pebbledashed front,
slate roofs with gable end stack to left, former front lateral stack and gable end
stack to right.
Originally 3-room and through passage plan, with lower end to right now with separate
entrance to front left, adjacent to passage entry; hall to left heated by front
lateral stack and inner room to end left, substantially rebuilt in C19 with roof
level raised above level of roof over hall; lower end has lower roof level. Rear
wing, possibly of later C17/early C18, set behind hall and passage; stair tower to
rear left of inner room.
2 storeys, upper end to left has 2 paired 4-pane sashes and central single 4-pane
sash at ground floor, 3 gabled dormers above each with 4-pane sash; to right, front
lateral stack, capped at eaves, with oven projection at base. Passage has porch with
pitched slate roof, door with timber lintel, and gabled dormer above. Single storey
late C19 addition to right, and to left end. Walls slightly battered. To rear of
inner room, a blocked 2-light hollow-chamfered granite window with iron stanchion at
ground floor; stair tower has 4-pane light. Rear wing of 1½ storeys has C20 window
to rear and left side.
Interior 3-centred arched oak doorframe, leading from the main range to the rear
wing, possibly on site of original rear passage doorway. Ovolo-moulded doorframe
with scroll stops between the hall and inner room now sited within a C20 corridor
leading to an C18 newel staircase with balustrading. Some chamfered and stopped
cross beams survive in the hall. At first floor a 4-bay roof at the high end has a
coved plaster ceiling; principal rafters and diagonally set ridge purlin.
Formerly part of the Antony estate.

Listing NGR: SX4011054626

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26453043

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)