Description

NORTH NIBLEY FORTHAY
ST 79 NW
1/110 Forthay House
II

Formerly farmhouse, now detached house. Late C17; C18 addition.
Random rubble marlstone; brick chimneys; clay pantile roof,
formerly thatched. Two-storey with attic; L-plan; single-storey
with attic addition to return. Front: 5-window fenestration. All
C19 casements to ground floor except for central timber mullioned
casement; central and right windows to upper floor are leaded
cross windows, 2 to left being C19 casements. Outer windows are
paired with single timber lintel. Off-centre doorway with timber
lintel and C19 plank door sheltered by gabled enclosed porch
addition. West side: roof hipped at right-hand end. Single-
window fenestration: 5-light timber mullioned fixed light to
ground and upper floor with replacement concrete lintels. Two
small-paned casements in extension to left; hipped-roofed single-
storey C20 extension beyond. Rear: gable end of return to right
with high coped parapet; attached outbuildng has brick gable end
chimney stack and small-paned casement on east side. Scattered
fenestration to rear of main block: iron ground floor casement to
left; doorway to right sheltered by lean-to conservatory has heavy
timber frame with 3-centred arched head and plank door. Central
timber-mullioned 3-light leaded staircase window; upper floor
timber mullioned casement to left and leaded cross window to right,
all with timber lintels.
Interior has many surviving features of late C17. Timber framed
partitions have chamfered framing members to square panels.
Chamfered beams have pointed bar stops with small cut-out
enrichments. Contemporary staircase with turned balusters. Room
on upper floor has doorway with original plank door complete with
original decorated strap hinges. Roof largely rebuilt in C20,
probably when thatch was removed. Remarkably unaltered except for
roof.

Listing NGR: ST7431996304

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26515480

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)