History

A C17 3-unit lobby-entry farmhouse built with an integral attic storey and not subsequently raised. The parlour was demolished and rebuilt, in small-scantling close-studding, probably in the C18. This unit was then extended slightly to the rear and the roof-pitch raised. A rear stone kitchen wing is also probably C18. The upper gable end wall was rebuilt in brick later.

Exterior

A timber-framed 3-window farmhouse of one-and-a-half storeys, with lobby-entrance to R of centre. To the L of the entrance are 3 tiers of good quality box-panelling on a stone plinth, the panels plastered; the outer room to the R was rebuilt in small-scantling close-studding, in 2 tiers divided by a mid-rail, with tension braces. The house has an old slate roof with renewed blue brick ridge stack. Gabled half-timbered porch with slate roof and cusped barge boards, and 4-pane side-lights; inside is a boarded door. The windows are small-pane oak casements, renewed in the late C20; 2-light casement to R of entrance, a pair of casements to L of entrance which replace a large Victorian window, and a single-light to far L. The attic storey has 2 gabled dormers with weather-boarded gables and cusped barge boards, each containing an oak casement. The N gable end, to R, is in small-scantling close studding with tie-beam and collar to the gable; single light to ground floor and 2-light casement offset to L of attic storey. There is a shallow extension to the R in similar close-studding, the roof pitch raised as a result; it contains a 2-light casement as elsewhere to the ground floor. The rear (W) wall of this extension is of white-washed random stone and contains a 2-light wooden casement and a skylight to roof pitch. Adjoining to the R is the single-storey kitchen wing, of white-washed random stone under a slate roof with squat stone end stack. On its N side is a boarded door with small light, L of which is a 6-pane window. Two-light window to S side of kitchen wing. To the R of the kitchen wing, the rear wall of the main range has been rebuilt in stone and is exceptionally thick; it has a 2-light window to the bathroom and a skylight to roof pitch. The S gable end of the main range is of brick, with a 2-light casement to the gable.

Interior

Inside the lobby-entrance, the hall is to the L and the parlour to the R. The hall has a large fireplace with chamfered timber lintel. It is timber-framed and some outer posts are extant. Inside the fireplace is a tile floor and side benches, the flue now blocked. Immediately L of the fireplace is an inserted late C20 straight timber stair. The ceiling has a medium-chamfered spine beam with ogee stops and plain joists. A pitched floor is preserved beneath the modern timber floor. Opposite the fireplace is a box-panelled partition, pegged and with carpenter's marks; a boarded door on its L side leads into the service rooms which are divided by a plastered partition. The parlour has a small fireplace with timber lintel, infill of an earlier larger fireplace, and a ceiling with 2 unchamfered spine beams, that to W with sockets. The added kitchen wing is reached from the hall and the original external box-panelled wall is preserved, some panels with wattle infill. The kitchen is open to the roof and has a tie-beam truss with curved principals and 2 raked struts. Large kitchen fireplace to end wall with cambered timber lintel.

The upper storey retains an original tie-beam truss between the central and S units, with tie-beam, collar and 2 raked struts. The box-panelled partition beneath has an integral central doorway. The central room has a good oak floor, a former stone fireplace now infilled. One of the purlins has been cut by the insertion of the dormers. The N truss, next to the fireplace, was partly visible; the doorway used to be on the E side of the chimney but is now to the W, at the top of the staircase.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a sub-medieval farmhouse retaining good vernacular character, which is little altered and has fine timber-framing and detail.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29506059

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
• 
  For the Record
• 
  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings