Description

ST 77 SW WICK AND ABSON C.P. HIGH STREET (south side)

8/401 Pool Farmhouse and attached barn

- II

Farmhouse with barn attached to rear. C17, later C17 addition to left forming L-plan, with barn, C19 and C20 alterations. Limestone rubble with stone dressings, brick, double Roman tiled roof with crestings, raised coped verges, brick ridge and gable stacks. 2-room, through passage plan with dairy to right, additions form T-plan. 2 storeys and 2 windows, ground floor has two 2-light casements with wooden ovolo mullions and timber lintels to left, straight joint, door in wooden gabled and trellis porch, 2-light stone window with ovolo mullions, iron stanchions and timber lintel to right; first floor has 2-light Clg casement with timber lintel to left, similar 2-light stone window under eaves to right; wing projects to front left, at inner side has mid-C19 French window and 2-light casement under eaves, front of wing has wide buttress for stack. Left return has 2-light window at ground floor with stone ovolo mullion, 2-light casement under eaves; barn to left, slightly projecting, has gable end with garage door and loading door above, stable door to left. Right return has single storey dairy, with window opening at ground floor and under eaves, unglazed, with square wooden mullions, upper one 4-light, lower one 3-light; small brick lean-to; gable end of main house has 2-light casement with stone ovolo mullion, partially blocked. Rear has small blocked single light in wooden frame in dairy wall, door to rear of passage with vertical raised mouldings and glass insertion, in plain frame, buttress for stack, 2-light window with stone ovolo mullion, C20 door and small fixed light; first floor has single light (to stair) and similar 2-light stone window, 2 C20 2-light casements with timber lintels to right. Barn attached to rear right has wide stable door and lean-to at inner side, 2-light casement in rear gable end. Interior: dairy has cellar with cheese trough; stair door to rear of passage has same vertical mouldings as rear door, stair rises along rear wall straight to first floor and winds to attic level. Rest of interior and barn not inspected.

Listing NGR: ST7104272630

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