Description

ST4412 MERRIOTT CP SHIREMOOR HILL (West side)

9/156 Shiremoor House
(previously listed as Hill Farm
House or Shiremoor Hill House)
4.2.58

GV II

Detached house. C17, modified C18. Ham stone ashlar and near-ashlar; Welsh slate between tall coped gables suggesting
former thatch; brick end chimney stacks, Two storeys with attic, 3 bays. Mostly hollow-chamfer mullioned windows in
chamfered recesses; first floor bays 1 and 3 of 3 lights without labels; ground floor bay 2 has a 4-light and ground
floor bay 3 has a 3-light, both with labels; the window to first floor bay 2 is a 2-light ovolo-mould mullioned window
in a wave-mould recess without label; lower windows rectangular-leaded. To ground floor bay 2 a wide part-glazed late
C19 door, set into open stone porch having Doric columns and pilasters and plain full entablature with flat roof.
Attached to south gable a single-bay extension, set lower, with casement window above and a C20 mullioned window with
label below. Interior not seen, but reported is a wide cross passage, formerly with stair, several beams with slight
chamfers; an old external door in rear extension; tie beam roof trusses. (VAG Report, unpublished SRO, June 1975).

Listing NGR: ST4463112667

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26629545

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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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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  For the Record
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)