Greenlooms is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 December 1984. A C16 Farmhouse.

Greenlooms

WRENN ID
solitary-loft-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Country
England
Date first listed
10 December 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SJ 46 SE 2/4 10/12/1984

FOULK STAPLEFORD C.P. MARTINS LANE (East Side) Greenlooms

Greenlooms

II

GV

Farmhouse: later C16, extended soon after and rewalled early C18. Partly timber framed, partly washed brick on sandstone plinth, slate roof and 2 massive brick chimneys. 2-roomed, then L-shaped plan, 1-storey and attic, 3-bay front. Plain band at 1st floor. End bays have 2-light wooden casements, the upper ones in gabled half dormers. Near central 4-board door behind a flimsy porch. Wing to rear shows timber small-framing and has 2 small-pane iron casements; large domed brick oven against rear wall. Interior: Entry into hall with inglenook fireplace. Spice cupboard openings behind brick structures (probably cheese ovens) flanking fireplace. Partition wall has oak wainscotting with Jacobean-carved top rail. 2 6-panelled doors with reeded rails lead into rooms divided by a timber-framed partition. Against fireplace is a winding stair with an octagonal newel which divides to give access to the 2 wings. Pierced balusters at the top. Roof trusses of tiebeam and 2 diagonal struts and wind-braced purlins. To rear kitchen has another inglenook fireplace with chamfered bressumer and ceiling beam.

Listing NGR: SJ 47791 63594

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