Description

WHITESTONE
SX 89 SE

4/107 West Town Farmhouse

11.11.52
II

Farmhouse. C17 or earlier, stair said to be dated 1671, right end addition and
crosswing probably C18. Colourwashed rendered cob; slate roof, gabled at left end,
hipped at right end of crosswing; left end stack, 2 rear lateral stacks, rear lateral
stack to crosswing with tall brick chimney shaft.
No access to interior at time of survey (1985), but the plan appears to be 3 rooms
and a through or cross passage, the higher end to the left with a hall heated from a
rear lateral stack and an inner room served by the left end stack, the lower end room
heated by a rear lateral stack; rear stair wing at higher end. The 3-room range has
been extended at the lower end and a crosswing adjoins the right end of the range at
right angles to the front elevation.
2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4-window front with regular fenestration, a 2-storey gabled
porch approximately central to the main range and a hipped crosswing at the right
(lower) end. The porch has a weather-boarded gabled and a canted 5-light first floor
bay window; it was formerly carried on posts (dated photograph) but was enclosed
with brick on the ground floor before 1969 (dated photograph). Fenestration to left
of porch regular: the left-hand windows 3-light casements 3 panes per light, windows
to left of porch similar 5-light casements. To the right of the porch the 2 first
floor windows are 3-light casements, 3 panes per light. Ground floor window adjacent
to porch at right is a 4-light mullioned window, ground floor window right 4-light
casement, 6 panes per light. The front elevation is particularly attractive and
visible from the main road. The rear elevation has a gabled stair wing at the left
(higher) end.
No access to interior at time of survey (1985) but it is said to be very unaltered
with open fireplaces, large cross beams and a stair with turned balusters dated 1671.
Described by Braddick as "one of the architectural gems of the parish".
Braddick, L.E., "Whitestone and Oldridge", T.D.A., Vol XCIV, (1962), pp. 339-362, p.
348.

Listing NGR: SX8566392996

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26647691

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)