Description

SK 01 SE FAREWELL AND FAREWELL CHORLEY C.P.

2/26 Farewell Hall 9.3.53

- II*

Large farmhouse. Early C18 rebuilding of C17 house with minor C20 alterations. Red brick with raised bands at floor levels; hipped tiled roof on wide dentilled eaves cornice; large panelled brick ridge stacks. Squat truncated 'T'-plan of front and two short set back wings. The front, on a cellar, of two storeys and dormer-lit attic and five windows; hipped dormers set over transomed casements with gauged brick heads; central entrance with C20 pedimented surround, fanlight and part-glazed door. Pevsner describes an elongated shell doorhead of which no trace remains. Set back wings of one similar bay with a similar C20 entrance to the left side. Interior: large staircase to rear of central hall rising from cellar to all floors: of C17 type with closed string, heavy moulded straight handrails and turned balusters, the detail remains undiluted from cellar to attic. Front room at right of entrance has early C18 panelling reset and remodelled in the late C19. B.O.E p. 131.

Listing NGR: SK0821111647

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)