Old Hall Farmhouse

CHURCH STRETTON

SO4491 LITTLE STRETTON 1312-1/14/97 Old Hall Farmhouse 04/07/52

GV II

Manor house, now farmhouse. C16 with later additions and alterations. Stone rubble and painted timber frame with painted infill panels. Plain-tile roofs. Central moulded brick stack with oversailing cap, integral brick eaves stack. Roughly E-shaped on plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic. South-east front with 3 gables, the central framed gable recessed. Left-hand gable is stone rubble with single wood mullion and transom window at both storeys in brick segmental arched openings, return side to right having full-height close-studded framing with middle rail. Central gable with 3-light casement in brick segmental-arched opening at ground floor, framed gable truss over with close studding under 2-light first-floor casement and herringbone pattern braces each side, cambered tie beam, vertical strut with herringbone pattern raking struts in gable end. Small stone gabled entrance porch to centre right. Right-hand gable of stone rubble with single casements in brick segmental-arched openings at all 3 storeys. Right return side of gable has lean-to porch, tiled bread oven and brick segmental-arched casement. North-west side: central 2-window range of 2-light and 3-light casements; stone gable to left with brick segmental arched casements at first and attic levels, ground-floor door to right, left side masked by projecting farm building to north (qv). Framed gable to right of square framing 2 panels high on high stone plinth, straight tie beam, vertical struts with 2 collars and twin raking struts over. Stone steps up to boarded door inset in framing. Right return side of gable has continuation of square framing 2 panels high on a high brick plinth to centre, and stone rubble to the remainder. INTERIOR: kitchen has some interesting panelling with carved frieze and carved lintel over chimney; ceiling with heavy timbers and chamfered joists.

Listing NGR: SO4420491734