Red House Farmhouse

SO 38 NE LYDBURY NORTH C.P. -

6/90 Red House Farmhouse (formerly listed as 21/3/68 The Red House)

GV II

Shown on O.S. map as Red House. Farmhouse. Mid to late C17. Red brick (English and English garden wall bonds) with mid C19 slate roof. U-plan with projecting central stair- case wing to rear. Basement, 2 storeys and attic. Plinth, plat bands, wall plate and joists ends exposed below eaves, central gabled dormer with 2-light casement, and large external end stacks with twin square shafts, that to left reducing in width with plain tile pentice roof, extended to front. 1:3:1 bay rhythm with projecting gabled wings. C19 wooden cross windows with recessed segmental tympana, blind in centre on first floor; 2-light attic casements in wings, and some inserted C20 casements in basement. Large C20 flight of concrete steps to central boarded door with mid C19 doorcase consisting of panelled pilasters and bracketed triangular pedimented hood; boarded basement doors, to left and in right-hand return front. Rear: C20 flat-toppped eaves dormer to left; central projecting gabled staircase wing with plat bands and C19 wooden cross windows. Interior: dog-leg staircase with closed string; turned balusters, moulded handrail and square newel post; chamfered and stopped beams; boarded doors; pump and kitchen range in cellar. N. Pevsner, B.O.E. Shropshire, p.191.

Listing NGR: SO3644885992