Description

WORTHEN C.P. -
SO 39 NW

9/95 Shelfield Farmhouse
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- II

Farmhouse. Early C17 with later additions and alterations. Timber
framed with brick infill and front wall rebuilt in stone, now roughcast;
slate roof. 5 bay baffle-entry plan. One storey and attic; late C20
casement fenestration, 4 windows to ground floor, including one to
left of half-glazed door in lean-to projection, and 3 gabled eaves
dormers; subsidiary entrance through boarded door immediately to right
of left window. Red brick ridge stack directly above half-glazed door.
Interior: timber frame partly exposed to back wall (renewed) and square
panels to cross walls; ground-floor room to right of stack (which has
large inglenook fireplace) has massive chamfered cross beam supported
on cast-iron column to front (presumably contemporary with rebuilding
of front walls) and heavy joists; straight-flight oak staircase behind
stack. Ground-floor room to far right has C19 shelves inset in wall
to right of fireplace; plank and muntin doors with pointed strap hinges
throughout and original floor boards to first floor. Collar and tie
beam roof in 5 bays (including chimney bay) has exposed trusses; large
stepped brick stack concealed by plasterboard at time of resurvey (December
1985). Prominent 2-storey C19 addition attached to right is not of
special architectural interest.

Listing NGR: SO3431199859

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26648515

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover