Description

COLN ST DENNIS COLN ROGERS
SP 0809
15/137 Lower Farmhouse
23.1.52

GV II

Large farmhouse, now house. Early-mid C17 with late C17-early C18
and mid-late C19 extension and out buildings. Main body: limestone
rubble with dressed stone quoins; C17-C18 extension coursed squared
and dressed limestone to roadside front (rubble with dressed stone
quoins otherwise); mid-late C18 extension; coursed squared and
dressed limestone; stone slate roof; ashlar stacks (some restored
C20). 'L'-shaped plan to the main body with late C17-early C18
extension to the east gable end; C19 outbuildings adjoining the
south-east corner; mid-late C19 extension in angle at the rear of
the main body. Main body: 2 storeys and attic with 2-storey
extensions; C19 outbuildings single storey. Garden (south front
with a forward facing gable with gablet to the right: two
tripartite sashes (one with a relieving arch) to the ground floor;
one 2-light ovolo-moulded stone-mullioned casement with a stopped
hood; two mid C18 two light casements with stopped hoods to the
right of the latter. Single 2-light ovolo-moulded casements with
stopped hoods to the gable and gablet. Mid-late C19 part-glazed
door with marginal glazing bars and coloured and decorative frosted
glass within a C20 gabled artificial stone porch off-centre right.
Four-light ovolo-moulded stone-mullioned casements to the ground
floor of the west gable end with similar 2 and 3-light casements
above; two 3-light ovolo-moulded casements with hoods to the
roadside front of the latter which is otherwise obscured by a later
lean-to. Two-windowed mid-late C19 extension projects forwards
slightly right with two tripartite sashes to the left-hand bay and
single-light casements with glazing bars to the right-hand bay.
Projecting twin diagonally set (formerly) gable-end stack and
matching axial stack to the main body. Gable-end and axial stacks
otherwise.
Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SP0851309316

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26625038

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)