The Lack

BROMPTON AND A 489 (south side) SO 29 SE RHISTON C.P.

12/11 The Lack - 1.12.51 II* -

Farmhouse. Early C17 with later additions and alterations. Timber framed with plaster and painted brick infill; slate roof. Baffle-entry plan. 2 storeys; 3 framed bays with further bay to left added or re-built in mid-C19. Framing: close-set vertical posts with middle rail to ground floor. Jettied first floor with richly mouded bressumer supported on decorated carved brackets has herringbone decoration to front; jetty also on second floor to right gable end; small square panels to rear on first floor with ground floor under-built in brick. Left bay in C19 brick now painted black and white in imitation of timber frame. Irregular fenestration, late C19 casements throughout, 2 on first floor to timber framed part and 2 on ground floor; first-floor window of right gable end has moulded wooden cill of an earlier window. Brick addition has segmental-headed casement on each floor. C20 boarded door in moulded surround to left of C17 part has C20 red brick ridge stack immediately to left. Interior: considerably altered early C20 with new staircase and fireplaces but retains chamfered cross-beam ceiling with ogee stops to right ground-floor room.

Listing NGR: SO2651693860