Description

SO 9624 PRESTBURY MILL STREET (south side)

17/94 Home Farmhouse and attached stableblock 4.7.60

GV II

Farmhouse. Late C17-mid C18 and mid-late C19. Main body coursed squared and dressed limestone with a stone slate roof and grey brick stack on roof pitch facing Mill Street; concrete tile at rear. Cl9 extension; red brick and coursed squared and dressed limestone with a concrete tile roof and red brick stacks. Stables; coursed squared and dressed limestone with a concrete tile roof. Rectangular plan to main body with C19 extension at right angles rear left. Late C18-early C19 stable block at right gable end of main body. Slate roofed lean-to at rear of main body not of special interest. Main body; two storeys and attic lit by two late C20 roof dormers. Symmetrical, 3-windowed facade with 2 and 3- light metal casements with horizontal glazing bars. Two-light stone-mullioned casements at centre of first floor. Band between floors continued around left gable end. Central C20 plank door with pilasters with imposts either side. Projecting bread oven in the form of a shallow lean-to like projection towards the right gable end. Two-light casements in left gable end, stopped hood over first floor windows, garret light with stone mullion. Mid- late c19 extension facing Bowbridge Lane; 1½ storeys with 2 raking roof dormers. One 2-light and one 3-light casement to ground floor both with transoms and within segmental-headed surrounds incorporating some dressed limestone. Incised foliate carving on boards filling in segments above each window. Stable (facing farmyard); single-storey and loft. Segmental-headed doorways and windows. Single C20 casement in side facing onto Mill Street. Stack at right gable end of main body. Flat coping and roll-cross saddle at left gable end. Axial stacks to extension at rear. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO9674324168

External Links

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