Stone House

MUCH DEWCHURCH CP - SO 43 SE 6/106 Stone House 20.10.52 GV II House. Probably C16 and C17 with later extensions and alterations. Timber-frame and sandstone rubble with pantile roof and two sandstone rubble stacks with brick shafts. L-plan with main range aligned roughly east/west and cross-wing at east end. Two storeys. South elevation has 1:1 windows, one 2-light casement with brick head to left and one in extension to right of gable front. Two ledged doors to left and main entry to left of gable under lean-to canopy. North elevation has two early C20 gabled dormers each with a 2-light casement in main range. Gable to left has three 3-light late C19 casements, one to the first floor and two to the ground floor. Interior has cambered tie-beam to main range and collar trusses, one with a king-strut. Ground floor has ceiling beams with asymmetrical pyramidical stops, a blocked 4-centred doorway to south side of main range and adjacent exposed wall-framing. Stone House was formerly the Post Office. (RCHM, Vol I, p 51).

Listing NGR: SO4821831193