Description

SP26SW
1457-1/6/126

WOLVERTON
MAIN STREET
(West side)
Glebe Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. C17, possibly reusing some earlier materials, with
later additions and alterations including refronting and
re-roofing to main range late C18 with fenestration to front
facade mid C19.
Pinkish-brown brick laid to Flemish bond to most of front
facade, otherwise English garden wall bond, with renewed tile
roof, remains of some timber-framing to interior.
T-shaped on plan with central hallway.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 3 first-floor windows. Steps to central
4-panel door, flanked by tripartite casement windows with
wooden mullions and transoms and with glazing bars. First
floor has outer tripartite windows and central casement all
with wooden mullions and glazing bars. End stacks with
cornices.
INTERIOR: 3 beams to 2 main ground-floor rooms and kitchen are
broadly chamfered, those to front rooms have ogee stops to one
end, mortices for ceiling joists have been packed. Inglenook
fireplace to right room. 4-panel doors, 3 bedroom doors have 2
fielded panels and L-hinges, kitchen and room above have plank
doors. Stud wall between 2 bedrooms to rear wing.
Roof: truss with principals crossing at apex to support ridge
purlin exposed on rear gable. Purlin believed to have a
bark-covered state towards main junction of house; rear range
believed to retain C17 collars. Re-used purlins believed to
remain to main roof, some rafters replaced.

Listing NGR: SP2077862201

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26662256

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Recommended Books

• 
  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
• 
  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)