Lee New Farmhouse

SJ 43 SW 9/70

ELLESMERE RURAL C.P. Lee New Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. Late C17 with later additions and alterations. Timber framed with painted brick infill and additions painted black and white in imitation of timber frame; slate roof. 3-unit baffle-entry plan. One storey and attic. Framing: rectangular panels, 3 from cill to wall-plate with short straight braces, rebuilt in brick and painted black and white in imitation to left and also to right of porch on ground floor. C19 casements, 2 to left and one to right of porch with one directly below eaves above left window; three C19 raking eaves dormers. Roughly central gabled brick porch with 6-panel door and semi-circular fanlight has prominent red brick ridge stack immediately to right with top rebuilt in C19 brick; integral end stacks to left and right. Interior. Inspection not possible at time of resurvey (February 1987) but likely to be of interest. C20 lean-to attached to right gable end continued round to form twin-gabled range to rear is not of special architectural interest.

Listing NGR: SJ4113131923