Description

WOLSINGHAM A689
NZ 03 NE NZ 053358
(South side, off)
22/326 Sunniside farmhouse
and adjoining farm
26.11.85 buildings
GV II

Farmhouse, with byres and lofts adjoining. Lintel dated 1766-for I.W. Roughly-
coursed and squared sandstone with quoins; byres and lofts are rubble sandstone;
stone-flagged roofs except for renewed roof on central lower bay. Linear plan.

House has 2 storeys, 2 wide bays and lower 2-storey one-bay part at right.
Byres and lofts have 2 storeys, 2 wide bays. One-storey, one-bay pent left
extension. 6 bays in all. Boarded vehicle doors in pent extension, with
pigeon holes in peak. House has 2-panelled door at left of lower section in
plain stone surround with inscribed lintel. Flat-fronted mullions, splayed on
inside, to 3-light windows in first 2 bays and to window of 3 over 3 lights to
right of door. Farmbuildings at right have 2 boarded doors with one small
square window on ground floor; side stone steps, the right flight wider, rising
from right to left, to boarded loft doors, all under stone lintels. Rear has
stair window of 3 over 3 lights, of which 2 over 2 belong to the stair well;
the third has vertical diagonally-set iron bars; projecting bow-shaped oven to
left of this window; catslide roof over stair wing.

Interior: lower 2-storey section, possibly a hall with floor inserted, has side
stone steps at rear. Main room to left of door has heck-post. Rear stair is
close-string with splat balusters cut to imitate twists. Doors with 4 fielded
panels to both rooms and cupboards.

Listing NGR: NZ0538735884

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26526145

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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