Didley Court Farmhouse

ST DEVEREUX CP - SO 43 SE 3/48 Didley Court Farmhouse 29.9.52 II

Farmhouse. C16 and C17, late C19 and C20 alterations. Square panelled timber-framing with painted brick infill, sandstone rubble plinth. Welsh slate roof and Welsh slate cladding to west gable end of cross-wing. Hall and cross-wing with hall aligned north/south and cross-wing at north end, and C17 stair turret at angle with cross-wing on west side; entrance to south of west front. Main axial stack. Single storey and attic; slate hung gable end of cross-wing to left with 3-light casement window. Ground stair turret with 2-light casement window to right of wing. Hall block to right with 3-light glazing bar casement window to left or gabled porch with ledged door. Interior reveals an octagonal newel to the stair and sections of c1600 panelling in room on ground floor of cross-wing. Upper rooms not inspected but C16 trusses of hall block mentioned by RCHM and said to be unaltered. (RCHM, Vol I, p 224).

Listing NGR: SO4506432028