Description

ALDERMINSTER

SP24NW Tithe Farmhouse
1912-1/6/23

II

Former farmhouse, now house. C17 with C18 alterations.
Timber-frame with brick infill and brick refronting; tile roof
with brick end stack and axial stack to right of centre.
3-unit plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 3-window range. Top modillioned brick
cornice. Entrance to left of centre has doorcase with reeded
pilasters and bracketed open pediment to 6-flush-panel door (2
glazed). Ground floor has 2 segmental-headed windows flanking
entrance with cross-casements with leaded glazing; left end
has single-storey hipped bay window with hipped tile roof over
1:3:1-light casement; right end has altered window with C20
casement; 1st floor has 2 windows to left end with leaded
cross-casements and C20 casement to right end. Fire mark above
entrance has sheaf and border with lettering: FARMERS &
GENERAL FIRE & LIFE INSURANCE INSTITUTION.
Right return is brick with C20 casement to each floor. Rear
has 3-panel-high square framing with brick left angle and
gabled wing with some later timber framing to right, which has
single-storey wing to end with entrance and 2-light leaded
casement.
INTERIOR: not inspected, but noted as having large fireplace
with bressumer to right end room, probably back-to-back with a
similar fireplace.

Listing NGR: SP2330948317

Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)