Description

WORSBROUGH STATION ROAD SE30SE (south side, off)

2/103 Lower Lewden Farmhouse II Farmhouse now 2 dwellings. Early C17 and early C18, restored 1925. Deeply-coursed, dressed sandstone, stone slate roof. L-shaped plan. Entrance front: 2 storeys, 2 : 3 windows to 1st floor. Renewed windows probably of 1925. Wing on left has double-chamfered, quoined doorway flanked on right by single-light window and on left by 2-light window; two 2-light windows over. Stair projection under cat-slide roof in angle with main range has C17 two-light mullioned window with hoodmould. Main range on right has door to left of two 4-light mullioned windows with dripstones; mullioned windows of 4, 2 and 3 lights over; infilled restoration plaque dated 1925. Hipped roof to wing on left has stack at front eaves; corniced ridge stack to range on right. Rear: much original fenestration. Early C17 part on right has lateral stack with corniced shaft; 2-light mullioned window on right with hoodmould; 4-light window with hoodmould and altered 2-light window on left with 3-light window with hoodmould and 2-light window above. Straight joint with C18 part on left having C20 conservatory enclosing original chamfered doorway and window; double-chamfered 2-light window on right with cornice, 2 similar windows to 1st floor, small chamfered light on right. Left return: C20 conservatory flanked by 24-pane sashes on both floors.

Interior: stone staircase in outshut now encased, some oak panelling at head of stair.

Listing NGR: SE3658803584

External Links

• Wikidata Q26601488

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover