Description

WENDLEBURY MAIN STREET
SP51NE (East side)
3/140 College Farmhouse and attached
retaining walls and railings
GV II
Farmhouse. Early C18. Limestone rubble with wooden lintels; Stonesfield-slate
roof with brick stacks. L plan. 2 storeys. Right part of 5-window front is a
separate build and has a symmetrical 3-window arrangement with a central 4-panel
door, flanking 3-light casements, and 2-light casements above; roof has end
stacks with paired shafts. 2-window section to left is slightly later and has
2-light casements at first floor and a 3-light casement in the left gable wall.
Rear of main range has a projecting gabled stair tower. Lower wing to rear of
later section has a large sash window, 6 panes wide, and a gable stack.
Interior: large open fireplace with stop-chamfered bressumer, inglenook and
bread-oven door; some timber-framed partitions; old plank doors. Butt-purlin
roof. Attached rubble retaining wall runs across front, bordering the stream,
and is topped by C19 cast-iron railings with fleur-de-lys finials.

Listing NGR: SP5608519486

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26650999

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