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Latitude: 52.06 / 52°3'35"N
Longitude: -2.6789 / 2°40'44"W
OS Eastings: 353548
OS Northings: 240397
OS Grid: SO535403
Mapcode National: GBR FM.DB4B
Mapcode Global: VH85P.JH35
Plus Code: 9C4V385C+XC
Entry Name: Lower House Farmhouse
Listing Date: 20 October 1952
Last Amended: 10 July 1995
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1250963
English Heritage Legacy ID: 433526
ID on this website: 101250963
Location: Tupsley, County of Herefordshire, HR1
County: County of Herefordshire
Civil Parish: Hampton Bishop
Traditional County: Herefordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Herefordshire
Church of England Parish: Tupsley
Church of England Diocese: Hereford
Tagged with: Farmhouse
The following building shall be added:
HAMPTON BISHOP TUPSLEY
SO 54 SW
765-0/1/10004 Lower House Farmhouse
20/10/52
II
Farmhouse. Circa late C16; altered circa mid C19. Timber-framed, mostly roughcast, on stone rubble plinth. Clay plain tile roof with gabled ends with shaped bargeboards. Stone axial and lateral stacks with red brick shafts.
PLAN: T-shaped on plan. Comprises a main W-E range with a central lobby entrance against an axial stack with back-to-back fireplaces and a cross-wing at
the left [west] end with a large room at the front heated from a lateral stack at the side and a smaller room at the back with a winder staircase in the corner. The bay to the right [east] of the axial stack in the main range was rebuilt in the C19.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic. Asymmetrical 1:3 window south front; gabled cross-wing on left with jettied first floor with ball-shaped pendants at ends. C19 2,3 and 4-light casements with transoms, glazing bars and some leaded panes. Doorway to right of centre with ledged door and open porch with gabled canopy. At rear timber-frame exposed; gabled cross-wing on right with trellis-framing in the
gable. Large stone lateral stack on west side.
INTERIOR: Exposed wall-framing. Chamfered and ovolo-moulded ceiling beams with stops and chamfered wall-posts with shaped jowls. RCHME records battened door with ornamental strap hinges, another door made from late C16 or early C17 panelling, winder staircase ["probably ancient"] and queen-post roof over the
west wing. SOURCE: RCHME, page 87.
Listing NGR: SO5354840397
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