Description

STOWE-BY-CHARTLEY HIXON
SK 02 NW
New Road Farmhouse
1/12
New Road
II

Farmhouse C14/15, substantially rebuilt in C17 and with most of walling
rebuilt in mid/late C19; mid/late C20 alterations. Guck-framed, with C17
square-panelled framing to cross wing; mid/late C19 brick walling: C20 plain
tile roof; brick ridge stacks. Medieval hall house remodelled as C17 T-plan
with cross wing to left. One storey and attic; 4-window range. Front to
Martins Way has flat arches over C20 windows to ground floor; 2 gabled
dormers have late C19 three-light casements. Entrance via lean-to porch to
rear. Interior inspection not possible but noted as having 2 pairs of
medieval crucks; the northern pair and purlins are smoke-blackened, and end
in a collar. Chanfered ceiling beam and joists; 2 open fireplaces; room to
south of former hall has cyma-stopped chanfered beam and fireplace
bressummer.
(Staffordshire County Planning and Development Department, Timber Framed
Buildings of Staffordshire, 1984, p.39)

Listing NGR: SK0009825911

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26563013

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)