Description

CASTLE FROME CP CASTLE FROME
SO 64 NE

2/124 The Town

GV II

Farmhouse, reputed to date from 1560, altered and extended largely during
C18 and mid-C19, altered C20. Timber-frame with wattle-and-daub and part
painted brick infill, sandstone plinth, roughcast to rear, part hipped slate
roofs. Irregular plan, two framed bays aligned east/west formerly with east
gable (now hipped), additions to north and south giving lean-tos with cat-
slide roof, further addition extending to north at rear, entrances to north
and south, main central axial stack. Two storeys, attics and cellar; east
front, two 2-light windows to attic, two similar windows flank two closely
grouped windows to first floor, two 3-light casement windows flank central
4-light window to ground floor. Framing largely complete though enclosed
within later additions. Three square panels to each floor, upper floor
projects forward slightly with fragments of mouldings to bressummer supported
on decorative brackets with pilaster motifs carved on uprights. Interior
contains moulded members to walls of main room on ground and first floor
room above, and moulded cross-beamed ceilings.

Listing NGR: SO6675145760

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26632535

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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