Description

KINWARTON
SP15NW
3/174 Glebe Farmhouse and attached
01/02/67 former cowhouse

- II

Farmhouse and former cowhouse. Mid C17 (VCH) with C18/early C19 wing. Timber
framed: large framing with jowled corner posts and whitewashed brick and
rendered infill, on lias base. Late C20 tiled roofs, large brick internal stack.
T-plan, with wing set back on left. 2 storeys and attic, 2-window range.
Entrance in wing has segmental headed 2-panel door with round brick arch. Wood
casements with leaded lights; one old casement in left return gable has crown
glass. Wing of red brick, with brick string course and dentil cornice. One
storey and attic with dormer. Small window to right of door, leaded casement to
left under segmental brick arch. Left section, formerly cow house, has stable
door and hayloft door with C20 window inserted below. To garden. Exposed
framing, 2-window range with French casement on left, and late C20 flat roofed
dormer. To rear: Exposed framing, timber framed porch with C19 plank door in
re-entrant angle and timber framed single storey lean-to. Wing has trellis porch
with C19 door, big brick stack and outshut. Interior: Much exposed framing.
Straight flight staircase. Attic stairs with C17 hand rail. Open fireplace with
stop chamfered beam, and another with opening filled in. Old 3-plank doors and
wide floor boards. Interior of cowhouse retains part of hay rack and trough.
Animal housing attached at right angles on right, whitewashed brick to yard, but
rear timber framed with brick infill and short section of C19 brick. Tile roof
with 2 louvres. Farmhouse, attached buildings and barn (q.v.) form an
interesting group.
(V.C.H.: Warwickshire III, p.126).

Listing NGR: SP1049058306

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26638183

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Recommended Books

• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House