Farthings is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1962. House. 3 related planning applications.

Farthings

WRENN ID
western-landing-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North West Leicestershire
Country
England
Date first listed
7 December 1962
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

Description

House. Built in the early 17th century, with a gabled cross wing on the left side and a T-shaped block to the right, which was largely rebuilt in the early 18th century. Later 19th and 20th-century additions are present at the rear. The left cross wing is timber-framed with diagonal braces and herringbone brick infill, set on a rubble stone plinth. The right block has some original timber framing visible in the rear walls and a rear wing, but is mainly rebuilt in red brick, with a chequered pattern of vitreous brick headers in the front wall and right gable. It also has a rubble stone plinth. The roof is covered in plain tiles, with 19th- and 20th-century blue brick copings to the right gable. Brick chimneys are present. The house is two storeys high, with the taller right block also having an attic. There are three bays facing the front, the left bay being gabled and projecting. The windows are mostly 19th-century three-light horizontal sash windows. The upper left window was replaced in the 20th century with a matching casement window. The lower right windows have cambered heads. Between the right bays are single windows; the lower one has a segmental head, and the upper one is blocked. To the left of the taller block is a four-panelled door with a fanlight and segmental head, a later single window above it, and a blocked original fireplace window to the right. The door leads to a cross passage, which may have originally been a gap between two separate 17th-century buildings. Inside the left wing, the rear room has stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops, with one end on a moulded bracket featuring zig-zag and dentil ornament. The front room of the same wing retains a winder stair and thrawls. The right wing has ovolo-moulded spine beams to the ground floor, and an altered staircase in the rear wing.

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