Lower House Farmhouse

HUNTINGTON CP HUNTINGTON SO 25 SE 2/111 19/8/53 Lower House Farmhouse (Formerly Listed as Lower House) II

Farmhouse. Late C16, altered and refaced mid- to late C18 with further mid-C19 and mid-C20 alterations. Timber-framed, partly rendered and partly refaced or rebuilt in rubble with rubble additions. Slate roofs; roof of main range is half-hipped at east end and hipped at west end. T-plan; main range of three bays aligned east/west with intersecting cross-wing of two framed bays at east end. Cross-wing has an external rendered rubble chimney with moulded capping to stack at its west side elevation. Two storeys and attic. Framing: not visible externally. North front elevation: main range has two ground floor windows, one is blocked and has a rusticated lintel and raised keyblock, the other has a 3-light C19 casement. There are two 3-light casements and a 2-light casement on the first floor, all with rusticated lintels and raised keyblocks. Main entrance to left has a C20 gabled timber porch and a ledged and battened door. Cross-wing to right has a first floor 3-light casement at its gable end and there is a door in the angle with a blind, pointed transom light. Attic light at east end. A single- bay C19 wing adjoins the east end of two storeys. It has a first floor 2-light casement with a re-used held corbel beneath the sill and a partly-glazed C20 door in its north elevation. C20 single-storey addition to rear left. Interior not inspected by the c oss-wing framing is said to be intact and have square panels. (RCHM, III, p 77, item 13).

Listing NGR: SO2504853682