Mansion House Farmhouse

PARISH OF ECKINGTON LIGHTWOOD LANE (Off) SK 38 SE 1/92 Mansion House Farmhouse 31.1.67 (formerly listed as Lightwood) GV II Farmhouse. Early C17, late C17 and restored 1981-3. Coursed coal measures sandstone with quoins, coped gables, gable and side wall stacks, and a stone slated roof. T-plan house, of at least two builds. South elevation, two storeys and attics and two storeys, two bays, with advanced gabled range to west end, having stacked recessed chamfer mullioned windows, all beneath hoodmoulds with stops. Ground floor window, formerly of 4-lights, now with only a single mullion remaining. 3-light first floor window, and 2-light attic window. Doorway to side range with quoined surround, massive lintel, and planked C20 door, the quoins to the west side of the doorway being partially obscured by the adjacent range. To the east of the doorway, a former 4-light recessed chamfer mullioned window, now with a single mullion remaining beneath a hoodmould with stops. C20 joinery throughout. 4-light chamfer mullioned window beneath a hoodmould survives on the west side wall, and a 3-light window to the north rear wall. Other openings are recent additions. Single storey addition to west links building to adjacent barn. Interior. The principal range is divided internally by plank and muntin screens. At ground floor level, C17 square panelling has been planted on the back of the panelling. in the same room there are remains of plaster cornice moulds. The roof structure comprises tie beam trusses without collars or struts, carrying double purlins and a ridge purlin. The building was restored 1980-83, when part of a cruck truss was found in the north gable wall, together with a 3-light timber mullioned window.

Listing NGR: SK3789481955