Description

SK 93 NE WELBY MAIN STREET
(South Side)

2/71 The Chestnuts Farm-
house and conservatory

G.V II

Farm House and Conservatory; C17 with later C17 and C19 additions and C20 altera-
tions; coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings; stone coped gables with
moulded stacks and one moulded ridge stack on pantile roof. L-plan extended to
T-plan. Single storey with attics, 3 bay front with quoins, extended later in
C17 to form 4 bay front. Off centre 4 panelled door with plain overlight with
stone surround and moulded cornice flanked by to right one 3 light chamfer
mullioned window and to left one 2 light chamfer mullioned window and a single
3 light ovolo mullioned window. All 3 windows have iron casements and moulded
cornices. A quoin on the left is inscribed "1698 June HPB", and above is a
graffiti of a hand. In the roof are 3 C20 large dormer windows with sloping
roofs. The rear elevation has further ovolo and chamfer conservatory. The
interior has plain chamfered beams.

Listing NGR: SK9737438276

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26545177

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide