The Hill And Garden Walls Attached To East And West

KING'S PYON CP - SO 45 SW

1/48 The Hill and garden walls attached to 20.2.53 east and west

• II

Farmhouse. C16, C17, C18 and C19, with later alterations. Sandstone rubble, brick and timber-frame with plaster infill. Sandstone dressings. Welsh slate roofs. Four large sandstone side stacks with brick shafts. One brick end stack. Irregular rectangular plan aligned roughly east/ west with cross-wing at each end. Cellar, two storeys and attic. North elevation has irregular fenestration of 0:4:1 windows, with timber-framed gable fronts at each end. The left gable has a deep sandstone rubble plinth with central entry to cellar. Above is square framing, five square panels high to the slightly cambered tie-beam, over the collar is a small square window. Right-hand gable, probably C16, has projecting first storey supported on brackets. Narrowly spaced studs surround central first floor mid-C20 glazing bar window. Angle struts from corner posts to tie above which are herringbone struts. Entry to left of centre has ledged door. Centre part has catslide projection to either side of massive external stack bearing a tablet with escutcheon and exposed framing with square panels. West elevation has narrow studding with two blind first floor zones, possibly the position of former windows. Brick south elevation has four large external stacks and two first floor windows to right of centre, each with cambered heads and glazing bar sashes. Beneath the right one is a panelled door and fanlight with a lean-to canopy supported by two slender columns, possibly early C19. East elevation has three windows, glazing bar sashes, with gauged brick heads and projecting stone keystones. The centre ground floor sash is deeper to allow use as entry via stone steps beneath. Dentilled brick eaves cornice. Walls attached to north-west and north-east corners are brick in Flemish bond about 10 feet high, with flat sandstone capping. They extend east and west about 30 yards, each with a round-headed doorway, before returning southwards. That to the east is swept down to the south. Interior has moulded sandstone fireplace, probably C17. Flagged stone floors. Deeply chamfered ceiling beams, those in kitchen dividing the ceiling into panels. Trusses have variously, plain collars, three posts to collars with V-struts, and pegged king-posts carrying twin raking struts. (BoE, p 207; RCHM, Vol III, p 88).

Listing NGR: SO4378951256