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

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26591142

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (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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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)