Description

BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON WIGANS LANE SU 79 NE

2/55

- Old Callow Down Farmhouse

GV II

House. C15-early C16, altered c.1600 and later. Timber frame of cruck construction with rendered infill to rear and brick infill to front and gable of left bay, the gable with exposed cruck truss. Right bays refronted C18 in red and vitreous chequer brick with rendered plinth. Right gable part rendered. Old tile roof, brick chimney between left bays, later brick end chimneys. One storey and attic, 3 bays. Irregular C20 leaded casements, the centre bay with paired casement in gabled eaves- line dormer. Small light below eaves over C20 door between left bays. C19 brick and flint extension to rear forming L-plan. Interior: 4 asymmetrical cruck trusses, the blades terminating above the collars. Outer bays have original floors with heavy longitudinal joists, the left bay with cross passage, probably inserted. Floor and chimney inserted into central hall c.1600, the spine beam and ground floor fireplace lintel both chamfered with barred stops. First floor fireplace has depressed arch of chamfered brick. Original rafters and curved wind-braces in roof.

Listing NGR: SU7874299989

External Links

• Wikidata Q26453734

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)