Description

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

SP25SW BANBURY ROAD 604-1/4/1 (North East side) 30/10/89 The Crofts Farmhouse and attached outbuilding and barn

GV II

Farmhouse, outbuilding and barn. Mid C18 with early C19 alterations; mid C17 barn. Brick with some stucco; barn of timber-frame with brick infill and brick; tile roofs. L-plan; farmhouse with outbuilding to right, which has attached barn projecting forward. Farmhouse of 2 storeys with attic; 2-window range with gabled wing to left. Platt band over ground floor and modillioned brick cornice. Entrance to right of centre has bracketed open pediment and 6-panel door. Windows have brick cambered arches over 16-pane horned sashes, one 12-pane sash to 1st floor right; two C19 gabled dormers with 2-light casements; ground-floor window to wing. Gable end stacks, including one to wing. Left return has gabled wing to left. Entrance to right end has overlight to wide-board door. Windows with segmental heads or cambered arches; ground floor has C20 casement window to left, and window with cambered arch and 3-light transomed casement with iron opening light; 1st floor has sashed windows, and sash to gable. Rear is stuccoed; gable to right of centre. Entrance has C20 porch and fanlight with beaded radial glazing bars over 6-fielded-panel door; canted bay window to left, other windows have 16-pane sashes. Outbuilding to right has granary to upper floor. Modillioned brick cornice. Timber(?) lintel to ground floor, segmental-headed entrance to left end and wide entry with timber lintel to right with pitching hole above; 2 inserted lights and 2 skylights. Rear has entrance to left of centre with cambered timber lintel and later insertions. Barn of 10 bays with later extension to end. Timber-frame with brick infill on brick plinth, with later brick rebuilding and extension. Inner return has 3 barn entrances with altered doors; C20 open shed to left of centre; exposed square framing to left end and diamond ventilation patterns to right end. Outer return has exposed timber-framing and gabled porches to centre and right, with catslide outshut between; open shed to right end. Gable end has square ventilation holes. INTERIOR: farmhouse: chamfered beams in former service area; early C19 panelled doors and ceiling cornices; open-well staircase has stick balusters and turned newel to foot, probably early C19; early C19 hob grate to 1st floor; attic has C17 plank doors and panelled doors, side purlin roof. Outbuilding has heavy beams supporting granary floor and 7-bay king-post roof with interrupted tie beams. Barn has C17 tie beam and collar trusses with struts, principals crossed at apex and trenched purlins; no ridge piece. Floor inserted to end nearest outbuilding. The house, outbuilding and barn form 2 sides of an open-ended farmyard, the stable range (qv) forming a 3rd side.

Listing NGR: SP2299853234

External Links

• Wikidata Q26482938

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)