Hardwick Farmhouse (West)

ASHOVER SK36SW HARDWICK LANE 1264-0/7/48 (South side (off)) 21/07/93 Hardwick Farmhouse (west) GV II Farmhouse. Early C17 with C19 alterations and additions. Coursed squared gritstone with ashlar dressings, coped gables, central ridge stack and gable stacks to additions, Welsh slated and stone slated roofs, and corrugated sheeting. South elevation: house part of two storeys and three bays with lower single-bay offshut to either end. Former central baffle-entry plan, now altered to give end-entry in former window position. Blocked central doorway, now infilled, with rough quoined surround, with upper part of doorway widened to accommodate 2-light horizontal sliding sash window, each light of 4 panes. Window to east of doorway of 2 lights, formerly 4-light, with recessed chamfered mullions, now with all but central mullion removed: all beneath drip mould with label stops. Former window of matching size and detail infilled and amended to form C19 doorway with plain plank door with central glazed light. 2-light chamfered mullioned windows, formerly 3-light, to first floor end bays, with 4-paned window frames, sashes and fixed lights. Central single window in moulded frame above blocked doorway to centre. Single lower bay to east end with quoined ground-floor doorway, and a flight of stone steps to first-floor doorway. Rectangular window to first floor with metal small-paned window. Single lower bay to west with stacked stone-framed windows. C19 sash to first floor. C20 top-vent window to ground floor. Blocked 3-light chamfered mullioned window to east gable apex. Rear elevation with offshut to west bay beneath catslide roof. Small fire window to central stack, and inserted C18 and C19 openings. INTERIOR: exposed spine beams and joists. C17 hearth with inserted C19 range.

Listing NGR: SK3374864828