Description

PARISH OF HOLMESFIELD FOX LANE
SK 27 NE
4/154
Fox Lane Farmhouse
31.1.67 II
Farmhouse. 1691 restored C20 with additions. Coursed rubble
sandstone with ashlar dressings, quoins, coped gables with
moulded kneelers, central ridge stack rebuilt in C20 brick, and
a stone slated roof. Two storeys and attics, five bays, with a
single storey addition to the west end. South elevation with
four 2-light recessed chamfer mullioned windows, and a single
light window with moulded surround, beneath a continuous drip
mould which steps up as a hoodmould above a central doorway with
quoined surround, and a massive moulded lintel bearing the
inscription M
RS
1691
Panelled door with upper two panels glazed. First floor with
four 2-light and one central single light openings, all C17, the
2-light openings mullioned, two single light openings to attic
floow in plain surrounds. Single storey extension with C20
replacement 2-light and single light openings which match C17
work. The 1691 date appears late for this style and plan of
house in this area.

Listing NGR: SK2981176079

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26619717

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)