Westend Farmhouse

DOCKLOW CP AND off A 44 (north side) SO 55 NE DOCKLOW (DET) CP 3/53 Westend Farmhouse 11.6.59 II Farmhouse. Early C17, altered mid-C19 and late C20. Coursed sandstone rubble and some timber-framing with rendered infill. Partly hipped plain tiled roofs with brick stack to rear of main ridge and at north end. T-plan; main range of four bays aligned roughly north/south with four-bay cross-wing added later at south end. Two storeys and cellar. Framing: three rows of panels at first floor level exposed on west side of north bay of main range. West front elevation: main range has a C20 bay window, a C19 tripartite sash window with a central four- pane sash on the ground floor and a 3-light C20 casement, a C20 cross-casement, 4-pane C19 sashes and a C19 single-light casement on the first floor. The main entrance situated in the second bay from the north end has a C20 half-glazed gabled porch on a rubble base and a partly-glazed door within. The cross-wing has no openings at its west gable end but in the angle with the main range are two ground and first floor 4-pane C19 sash windows and a ledged and battened door. There is a timber-framed single-bay outbuilding to the rear of the north bay of the main range. This has been altered in the C20 and new forms part of the house. Interior:main ceiling beams are chamfered. Arched doorhead survives on first floor of main range and also some panelled doors. Most of internal timber-framing retained. There is a small section of the original staircase with turned balusters and a square newel with a shaped finial in the main range. (RCHM, Herefs III, p 44, item 4; BoE, p 197).

Listing NGR: SO5578857761