Description

SD 52 SE WITTLE-LE-WOODS PRESTON ROAD

3/166 Rotheram Top Farmhouse 17.4.1967 - II

Farmhouse, C17, altered. Coursed sandstone rubble with quoins, slate roof with a chimney behind the ridge (2 other chimneys at rear). Three-bay baffle-entry plan (recently extended at left end in similar materials). Two storeys; 2-storey gabled porch at junction of 2nd and 3rd bays has plain doorway with large lintel, jambs of large stone blocks, former 1st floor window now blocked. 3 windows on each floor, all with altered glazing; those at ground floor left of porch have a continuous hoodmould, chamfered surround, one remaining mullion to each, and now 2 and 4 lights; others are casements in altered openings. Right end wall has a blocked 1st floor doorway and evidence of former external steps where there is now a window. Rear has outshut to 1st bay (with a modern catslide roof), a window in the 2nd bay which has a chamfered stone case, one remaining mullion, and a hoodmould; and a blocked doorway in the 3rd bay. Interior: altered, but 2nd bay retains large inglenook fireplace with ovolo-moulded bressummer, and beams which are also ovolo-moulded and stopped.

Listing NGR: SD5809420184

External Links

• Wikidata Q26570121

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy