Field House Farmhouse

SE 7604-7704 EPWORTH STATION ROAD (north-east side, off)

19/89 Nos 34 and 36 (Field House Farmhouse)

GV II

Farmhouse, now flats. Early C19 with later alterations. Red-brown brick in Flemish bond. Welsh slate roof. L-shaped on plan: double-depth main range with 2-room, central entrance-hall south front, service wing to rear right. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Entrance has doorcase with ribbed pilasters and reeded brackets carrying moulded open pediment, 6-fielded-panel door beneath moulded lintel and radial fanlight in round-headed panelled reveal. C20 4-pane casements in original openings with sills beneath channelled and keyed wedge lintels. Hipped roof. Stacks removed. Interior. Original details include: entrance hall with ribbed cornice, round-headed opening with pilasters and ribbed soffit; rear stairhall with open-well cantilevered staircase with wreathed moulded handrail, ribbed stick balusters, clustered foot newel and profiled cheek-pieces, moulded cornice to plasterwork ceiling with central fan motif and ribbed frieze with pendant ball and lions' head decoration, round-headed stair window with archivolt; round-headed arch to upper hall similar to ground floor; ribbed cornices, windows and 6-beaded- panel doors in ribbed architraves with floral ornament to corners. C20 addition adjoining to rear left is not of special interest.

Listing NGR: SE7763204447