Church House Farmhouse

SJ 46 SE WAVERTON C.P. THE VILLAGE (East Side)

2/27 Church House Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse: c.1880 by John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster. English garden wall bond orange brick with muted diapering. Red sandstone dressings. Stone-coped, kneelered and finialled red tile roof. 3 brick chimneys. 3-storey, 3-bay north front. Stone plinth, quoins and moulded bands at sill and lintel levels. Dentil brick band in top storey, stone copings, kneelers and finials. Central bay has projecting gabled 3-storey porch with basket arched stone entrance with moulded imposts. Half-glazed door and panels behind. 3-light stone mullions above. Left end bay has pairs of similar windows in ground and first floors and a single window in a coped gabled dormer above. Simpler fenestration to right. All windows have applied lead glazing. Extensive service range to rear. Interior: Room to left of entrance has oak fire surround and panelled fitted dresser. 4-panelled doors. Cheese oven with steel doors behind kitchen fireplace.

An interesting neo-vernacular design whose detailing is strangely sombre for Douglas.

Listing NGR: SJ4619163397