Description

WHIXALL C.P. STANLEYGREEN SJ 53 NW 2/212 Higher House - - II Farmhouse, now divided. Early C17, partly rebuilt early to mid- C19 with later additions and alterations. Timber framed with painted brick infill and C19 red brick cladding or replacement; plain and machine tile roofs. L-plan comprising hall range of 2 wide framed bays with central baffle-entry and 2-bay cross-wing projecting to right; late C17 timber framed addition attached to left gable end of hall range. 2 storeys. Framing: cross-wing has square panels, 4 from cill to wall-plate, with short straight tension braces; collar and tie beam truss with part of V-strut visible to rear gable; front gable clad or rebuilt in C19 brick with exposed single-purlin ends. Hall range: front wall clad or rebuilt in C19 brick but framing survives to back above painted brick plinth; 3 square panels with short straight tension braces. Position of infilled doorway and 2-light mullion windows visible to right of centre. Late C17 addition attached to left gable end of hall range has rectangular panels to rear and gable with single-purlin ends but C19 red brick cladding or replacement to front. Late C19 segmental-headed casements to left and right of central 4-panel door (top panels now glazed) to hall range with casement directly below eaves above left casement and another in gabled half-dormer to right; subsidiary 4-panel door (top panels also glazed) to far right in angle with cross-wing. This has C19 segmental-headed casement on each floor. Another C19 segmental- headed casement to extension to left of hall range. Cross-wing has integral lateral stack to right and stepped external end stack to rear gable; prominent ridge stack in 2 sections to centre of hall range. C19 single-storey gabled brick outbuilding attached to rear gable or cross-wing. Interior: not inspected but likely to be of interest.

Listing NGR: SJ5213935691

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