Description

SJ 22 NE OSWESTRY RURAL C.P. A 483 (west side)

5/158 The Hollies -

GV II

Farmhouse, now house. Early C17 with later additions and alterations. Timber framed with plaster and painted brick infill, partly re-built in red brick and dressed limestone blocks, yellow brick and rubblestone additions, slate roof. Main range of 4 framed bays with C19 gabled addition at right-angles to left; half-length outshut to rear with late C20 and C19 single-storey additions behind. 2 storeys; framing: exposed to right gable end, square panels, 3 from cill to slightly cambered tie beam, v-struts from collar; gable also has 2 mid-C19 cast-iron casements to ground floor and a contemporary cast-iron pivot window above; main front has one C20 casement and one C19 casement to right below eaves to right of lean-to porch in angle with gabled addition to left; prominent ridge stack to left with twin diagonal brick shafts, further lateral stacks flanking right gable end and C19 brick stack with twin diagonal shafts to right side of gabled addition. Interior: deep-chamfered ceiling beams with ogee and run-out stops and heavy joists, massive infilled inglenook fireplace beneath ridge stack; double-purlin roof has queen-strut trusses concealed by wallpaper at time of resurvey (July 1985).

Listing NGR: SJ2872727138

External Links

• Wikidata Q26648848

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