Lower Town Farmhouse

ASHPERTON CP LOWER TOWN SO 64 SW

5/22 Lower Town Farmhouse Canon Frome

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Farmhouse. Early C19 with C17 rear wing. Red brick, sandstone plinth, hipped concrete tiled roof, timber-framed rear wing with brick infill. Single depth plan with central entrance and end stacks, aligned east/west facing south. C17 wing extends to north (rear), further later lean-to additions to east and west. Two storeys, attic and cellar, string course and dentilled eaves cornice; central slightly forward break with pediment. 1:1:1 windows, now C20 aluminium sash windows to first floor with cambered brick heads and pronounced scrolled keystones, circular window with radiating glazing bars in tympanum of pediment. 2-light casement windows in enlarged openings flank later gabled porch to ground floor, half-glazed door. Frag- mentary framing of rear wing revealed in upper part of walls and rear gable, largely refaced with brick, formerly three panels from sill to wall-plate, three struts to collar and V-struts in gable.

Listing NGR: SO6339142775