Old Crow Farmhouse

EARDISLEY CP WILLERSLEY SO 34 NW 6/91 Old Crow Farmhouse (Formerly listed as 19.8.53 The Old Crow) GV II Farmhouse. Circa 1400 origin, altered C17, mid-C19 and mid- to late C20. Timber-framed with painted brick and rendered infill on rubble base, painted brick and rubble replacement walling and stone-tiled roofs laid in diminishing courses. T-plan; main single-bay range aligned north-east/south- west and has a large rubble chimney with a brick stack at the east corner. Cross-wing at south-west end of two framed bays with a large rubble chimney and brick stack at its south-west side. Single storey and attic. Framing: mainly three panels from sill to wall-plate with short straight braces in some upper corners. Collar and tie-beam trusses with struts. Framing at north-east end replaced C20. North-west front elevation: main part has a ground floor 3-light casement and a gabled dormer with a 2-light casement. Cross-wing gable end has two ground floor 2-light casements (one blocked) with plank weatherings and an attic light. There is a lean-to outshut in the angle between the ranges with a single-light casement to the north-west and the main entrance to the north-east, which has a half-glazed C20 door. C20 wing adjoins south-west side. Interior: hall range retains a cruck truss. (RCHM, III, p 56, item 62: Alcock, NW: CBA Cruck Catalogue, 1981).

Listing NGR: SO3161047506