The Quarry

SO57NW 482-1/5/100 12/11/54

BITTERLEY

MIDDLETON The Quarry

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Farmhouse. Early C17, with C18 extension. Painted timber-frame with painted brick infill and some weatherboarding on rubble stone plinth. Coursed stone rubble with ashlar quoins to east gable. Brick central chimney with diagonal brick shafts, integral brick eaves stack to rear. T-shaped plan with main range with central cross wing to south and further south wing extension. EXTERIOR: 2-storey, cellar and attic. East entrance front with projecting gable to right is C18 rebuild in coursed rubble with C20 casements under flat stone keyed lintels with keystone at ground level, end roof truss rendered, south return side square-framed. Cross-wing east side to left with square framing at first floor underbuilt with brick on stone plinth, C20 casements, partly masked by lean-to entrance porch. Cross wing return gable-end: square framing complete except for weatherboarding above collar of end-truss. North return side: 3-bays of square framing 4 panels high, comprising girding beam, studs with middle rails, and brace. Central C20 door and porch. 2-light casements. Rear to west: projecting square-framed gable-end to left with weatherboarded truss, with casements at first and ground floors. To right, cross wing west side with square-framing and 3-light casement, masked at ground level by tile-roofed framed outshut. South extension wing: single-storey and attic with square-framed attic floor set on rubble ground floor with brick to west. Gable-end truss-framing with 3 vertical struts and collar infilled and underbuilt with brick. C20 casements in dormers and ground-floor windows. INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO5392577222