Aston House Farmhouse

NEWHALL C.P. WRENBURY ROAD SJ 64 NW Aston House Farmhouse 3/71 12.1.67 II GV Farmhouse. Dated 1662 with C19 extensions and alterations. Timber framed with a plain tile roof and random frond brick with a slate roof. The entrance front has at left a gabled projecting wing dated to the gable with close studding,middle rail and passing tension braces. To the centre is a later C19 triple-light window of 3 x 4 panes with lateral windows of 1 x 4 panes. Jettied first floor with decorative brackets supporting the keel-moulded bressumer. The first floor is close studded with a middle rail and has tension bracing. Three-light C19 or C20 casement window to the centre. To either side are Moulded brackets supporting the jettied gable which has a moulded bressumer. Close studding to the gable. The date is painted on in C20 script. Three pairs of purlins and one ridge beam. To the right of this gable, and slightly recessed are 3 bays of C19 brick with ground and first-floor windows all of 4 x 4 sash panes with stone cills and flat-arched heads. The left hand side has, to right of centre, a massive chimney stack with sandstone lower body with chamfered top and red brick above this with offsets. To right is some close-studding at first floor level, the rest of the brick walling being painted in imitation of timber framing.

Listing NGR: SJ6100347049