Description

BRAFFERTON THE GREEN NZ 22 SE (South side)

1/12 No.24 (Manor Farmhouse) and adjoining farmbuilding

GV II

Farmhouse and adjoining farmbuilding. Early C17 with C19 alterations and additions. Coursed limestone; house has French-tiled roof and rendered brick chimney stacks; farmbuilding has pantiled roof. Garden front: 2-storey, 5-bay main block; slightly-taller wing (now used for storage) at right-angles on right bay; farmbuilding on left return. Main block: mainly replaced casements; steeply-pitched roof has raised verges with reverse-stepped gables; left end and 2 ridge stacks. Gable-fronted, 2-storey, 2-bay wing at right: projecting 2-storey bay on left return has chamfered-mullioned 4-light windows (with blocked return lights) under dripmoulds; C20 porch at junction with main block and chamfered stone window surround above; steeply-pitched roof with raised verge and shaped kneelers; stone stairway on right return. Single-storey, 3-bay farmbuilding at left: doorway with basket-arched, brick head flanked by C20 casements; steeply-pitched roof has raised verge with reverse-stepped gable at left. Street front of main block: replaced door and overlight in raised rendered surround at right; replaced casements in scattered C19 openings; gabled half-dormer at left. Interior: ground-floor room in main block has chamfered ceiling beams of heavy scantling,with run-out stops,and similar cambered fire beam.

Farmbuilding included for group value. C20 lean-to addition on left return of farmbuilding is not of special interest.

Listing NGR: NZ2946721073

External Links

• Wikidata Q26481191

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