Description

HUMBER CP

SO 55 SW
5/87

Upper House and
adjoining outbuilding
and hop kiln

II

Farmhouse and adjoining outbuilding (probably a malthouse and granary) and
hop kiln. C17, origins, remodelled and refaced mid-C18 with further mid-C19
alterations. Part timber-framed, faced with handmade brick, part sandstone
rubble with machine-tiled roofs (hipped at west end and rear, raised to
front) and brick end stacks. Mainly three storeys with three-course band
between ground and first floors. One plus three bays. Windows are mainly
C19 casements. Three-bay part has two ground floor 3-light windows, three
first floor leaded windows and three first floor 2-light windows. Single-
bay part to left is built of rubble to second floor level and has a ground
floor cross-casement, a first floor 3-light window and a second floor 2-light
window. A lean-to rubble outshut at the left end has a 2-light ground floor
window in its front elevation. Rubble two-storey wing to rear right has
main entrance in angle with front range with C20 hipped roofed brick porch
and six-panelled door. Outbuilding is situated between rear wing and hop
kiln to rear centre of main range. Two levels. Three bays. It has a 2-
light window and a square window on the ground floor, and two upper level
2-light windows. External sandstone steps lead up to a loft door and there
is also an entrance with a ledged and battened door on the ground floor.
Hop kiln is mid-C19 and adjoins the west end of the outbuilding. Brick with
pyramidal slate roof and no cowl. Square plan opening with cambered head in
north side (RCHM, Herefs III, p 74, item 4).

Listing NGR: SO5419854750

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26633071

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
• 
  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings