Lower Farmhouse

STOKE ST MILBOROUGH

SO58SE CLEEDOWNTON 482-1/3/191 Lower Farmhouse 15/03/74

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Farmhouse, now house. C17. Stone rubble with brick dentil course eaves and tiled roof with C20 roof lights. Projecting stone gable-end stacks with later brick shafts. Square plan of 2 front bays, single central staircase bay with small flanking side bays. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attic. Front is 2-window range of restored stone mullion windows with ashlar surrounds and C20 leaded lights in steel casements; 2-light mullion windows to second floor and 3-light mullion windows to lower floors. Central door with C20 chamfered ashlar surround. Right return: restored mullion leaded windows flank central stone stack at each floor with single-light stone windows also at attic level; ground-floor right side masked by C20 single-storey extension. Left return: raised ground level resulting in 2-storey and attic elevation with restored stone windows similar to the opposite face, except for C20 door in chamfered surround to lower floor right side. Rear: 2 restored stone mullion leaded windows at first floor, ground floor masked by C20 single-storey tiled mono-pitch extension. INTERIOR: square-framed partitions on all floors. C17 ovolo-chamfered oak door frames and contemporary staircase. Twin trenched-purlin roof with raised eaves. Internal truss of 3 posts with rails and twin raking struts to principals.

Listing NGR: SO5815180645