Description

LEINTHALL STARKES CP LEINTHALL STARKES SO 46 NW 6/39 The Old Farmhouse 11.6.59 II Farmhouse, divided into two dwellings, now one house. Probable C16 origins, extended early Cl7, part rebuilt and altered late C18, restored late C20. Part timber-framed with painted brick and rendered infill on rubble base, some painted rubble and brick replacement walling, part sandstone rubble with brick dressings; slate roofs. Hall and cross-wing plan; original hall part aligned north-east/south-west with large chimney at south-west end; cross-wing of two framed bays added to north-east end with large external rubble chimney on its south-west side. Hall rebuilt in late C18 and large external cross-wing chimney also partly rebuilt and two diagonal brick stacks added. (The plan was sub-divided laterally in the C19 when converted into two dwellings). Two storeys, attic and cellar. Framing: cross-wing has two rows of square panels per storey with diagonal struts (two per panel) at first floor level combining to form diaper patterns at gable ends and a staggered chevron design on the north-east side. Both upper floors are slightly jettied at gable ends on moulded bressummers with run- out chamfer stops (a detail repeated internally) and moulded corbels. The north-west gable has a collar and tie-beam truss with two collars, eight struts to lower collar and four ornamental cusped braces, four struts to upper collar and concave cusped bracing in the apex. The south-east end truss has been largely replaced. Windows are mainly C18 leaded casements. North-west front: hall part has a 2-light ground floor window with a cambered head, a gabled half-dormer with a 2-light window and a four- panelled door. There is a C19 brick stack to the right side of the roof pitch. The gable-end of the cross-wing has a 3-light and a 2-light ground floor window, a 4-light first floor window and a C20 attic light. The external chimney on the south-east elevation has the following inscription incised on a chamfered corner section about four feet from the base: "John Lychmore/June 10 1779". There is a C20 half-glazed lean-to addition adjoin- ing the south-east elevation of the hall. Interior: main ceiling beams and fireplace lintels in cross-wing have similar run-out stop chamfers to bressummers. Flagstone floors and some old doors survive. (RCHM, Herefs, Vol III, p 105; BoE, p 222).

Listing NGR: SO4344269589

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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (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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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)