Description

SO 39 SE WENTNOR C P WENTNOR

7/57 The Old Shop
(formerly listed as
1/12/51 Post Office)

- II

Former farmhouse, now house. C17, altered C19 and C20. Uncoursed limestone
rubble, partly brick to rear and plastered to south and west gable ends, machine
tile roof. T-shaped in plan with 3-bay range aligned north-south and a central
single-bay projection to west. One storey and attic; central projection one window
deep, flanked by one window on right and blank wall to left, one gabled dormer to
south, one to west, windows all C20 casements; prominent stack with red brick capping
to west gable end projection, outer C20 doors to south and west; C19 catslide outshut
to rear with bread oven. Lower projecting single-storeyed range (former cowhouse)
to west, 3 windows and roughly central door. Interior. Most impressive feature is
inglenook fireplace with chamfered lintel; ground floor rooms to south and west with
chamfered beams and exposed square panelling to cross wall; the roof is of Queen strut;
construction. Although formerly listed, the old list description was actually
mistakenly of Snead Farmhouse (q.v.) which presumably it was intended to list.

Listing NGR: SO3848692867

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26470133

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Care and Repair
• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
• 
  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)