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Latitude: 52.2551 / 52°15'18"N
Longitude: -1.954 / 1°57'14"W
OS Eastings: 403237
OS Northings: 261882
OS Grid: SP032618
Mapcode National: GBR 3JC.QS5
Mapcode Global: VHB01.2LV3
Plus Code: 9C4W724W+2C
Entry Name: Astwood Farmhouse
Listing Date: 10 April 1954
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1348615
English Heritage Legacy ID: 156484
ID on this website: 101348615
Location: Redditch, Worcestershire, B96
County: Worcestershire
District: Redditch
Electoral Ward/Division: Astwood Bank and Feckenham
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Traditional County: Worcestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Worcestershire
Church of England Parish: Astwood Bank St Matthias and St George
Church of England Diocese: Worcester
Tagged with: Farmhouse
REDDITCH B ASTWOOD LANE (south side) SP 06 SW 4/9 Astwood Farmhouse
10.4.54
II
Farmhouse. C17 with mid-C19 and mid-C20 alterations. Timber-framed with painted brick infill and machine-tiled roofs. H-plan; main part of three framed bays aligned east/west; central bay occupied by large chimney with brick ridge stack and forming lobby-entry plan; two intersecting cross-wings both of two framed bays at gable ends. Part two storeys, part single storey and attic with dormers. Framing: three and four panels from sill to wall- plate; short straight braces in some upper corners; collar and tie-beam trusses with struts and V-strut in apex. North entrance elevation: main part has a hipped-roofed bay window addition to left, two gabled dormers with 3-light casements and a central entrance with gabled canopy on brackets and a C20 door; service wing gable end to left has two ground floor 3-light casements and an attic light; cross-wing gable end at upper west end has a 2-light ground floor casement and a 3-light first floor casement. Interior: back- to-back fireplaces; space to south of chimney said to have once been a priests hole. The house is believed to have once belonged to an eminent Roman Catholic family with probable connections with the Gunpowder Plot conspirators.
Listing NGR: SP0323761882
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