Dairy Farmhouse

CLAYBROOKE MAGNA THE VINEYARD SP48NE 1323-0 2/32 (North side) Dairy Farmhouse II

House. C17 with front block of early C18, but containing C15 survivals. Timber-framed to rear with front block of red and blue brick chequer; plain tiled roof. Two storeys with dentilled brick band and brick cornice. Roof hipped to front with gabled wing to rear. Two gabled dormers and brick ridge stacks on rear wing. Irregular three window front, wide casements with gauged flat-arched surrounds on ground floor. Panelled door, probably C19, in pilastered doorcase with flat hood over. West elevation, two bays of C18 date in brick chequer, continued by C19 red brickwork to left. Gable to right on north side with C17 timber frame exposed below gable and on the east return front of its wing. Lean-to addition on angle and C19 11/2 storey extension to east. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N, Williamson E, Brandwood G: Leicestershire and Rutland: London: 1984-: 132).

Listing NGR: SP4939788623