Description

ST 77 NW DODINGTON C.P. WAPLEY HILL (east side)

5/78 Church Farmhouse

- II

Farmhouse, now house. Dated 1636 on porch, east end former byre rebuilt as 2½ storey kitchen block in C18, C20 alterations. Coursed limestone rubble, double Roman tiled roof with gable stacks and ridge stack, stone to left, others brick. In 2 blocks, 2-storey to left, 2½ storeys to right. Block to left has 3 windows, ground floor has 3-light and 4-light casement, to right with 3 panes each light, chamfered mullions and timber lintel, to left, C20 replacement, central 2-storey gabled porch has C20 door with timber lintel, 3-light replacement casement above with timber lintel and datestone; first floor has 2 replacement smaller 3-light casements with timber lintel to right; projecting joint between 2 blocks. To right, one window, 3-light casement at ground and first floor with leaded lights in some panes, stone segmental heads and stonework to sides, smaller at first floor, replacement 3-light casement under eaves, large quoins. Right return has single storey lean-to, and C20 window replacing former door, surround as at front right; left return has ground and first floor 3-light replacement casements. Rear of taller block has first floor 2-light casement in rounded timber frame with relieving arch, ground floor has replacement casement with relieving arch, single storey C20 lean-to with small door and window; larger single storey lean-to (former dairy) behind lower block with 2-light casement in chamfered timber frame. Interior: not inspected. (Sources: Hall, Linda : Rural Houses of North Avon and South Gloucestershire 1400-1720. 1983).

Listing NGR: ST7125479807

External Links

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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