Firtree Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1970. A Georgian Farmhouse.

Firtree Farmhouse

WRENN ID: woven-eave-falcon
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Cheshire West and Chester
Country: England
Date first listed: 8 January 1970
Type: Farmhouse
Period: Georgian
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SJ 68 SW WHITLEY C.P. BIRCH TREE LANE West Side

2/112 Firtree Farmhouse

8/1/70

Farmhouse, 1738; Flemish bond brown brick; slate roof. 3 storeys; 3 windows. Plain painted stone band at 1st floor; moulded cornice. Replaced 6-panel door with fanlight (glazing bars removed), in case with pilasters and pediment. Flush 12-pane sashes have inset dentilled architraves to sash-boxes; similar sashes of 6 panes to 3rd storey; flat gauged brick arches in lower 2 storeys; central opening in 3rd storey blocked, and with stone inset, inscribed W : SM : 1738. The datestone appears to be inserted, in which case the farmhouse is a little earlier. Flush gable chimneys. Small, recessed 2 storey addition right, in keeping. Interior: brick barrel vault to cellar under right room with stone steps on brick risers and stone-flagged floor. Threes-panel doors in lower storey; some oak beams with empty mortices which suggest the floor has been re-joisted; oak purlins, some recently refaced.

Listing NGR: SJ6303080791

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