Old Hardwick Farmhouse

SJ 33 SE 8/137

ELLESMERE RURAL C.P. OLD HARDWICK Old Hardwick Farmhouse

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Farmhouse. Probably C17 with later additions and alterations. Roughcast timber frame and red brick; slate roof with deep eaves and plain bargeboards. Original T-plan comprising long hall range with wide gabled cross-wing to left; narrower cross-wing added to right of hall range with 2-storey C19 gabled addition to rear on right form present basic H-plan. One storey and attic to hall range, 2 storeys to cross-wings. 1:1:1 windows, all 4-paned horned sashes, tripartite to centre on ground floor and in gabled eaves dormer above, except C20 casements to canted bays on ground floor of cross-wings. Lean-to porch with half-glazed panelled door in angle between hall range and left cross-wing. Lean-to attached to continuation of hall range to right of right cross-wing. Prominent stepped external lateral stack to left of left cross-wing; reduced red brick ridge stack to hall range immediately to left of right cross-wing and integral end stack to C19 gabled addition to rear. Prominent tapering stack with C19 top and earlier base in angle between outshut to hall range and C19 gabled addition to rear. Interior. Full inspection not possible at time of resurvey (February 1987) but room to right of entrance has 2 chamfered spine beams and joists. Wainscot panelling. Room to right cross- wing also has chamfered ceiling beams and large chimney breast below ridge stack has infilled inglenook fireplaces. Roof trusses said to survive.

Listing NGR: SJ3683734411