Upper Sweeney Farmhouse

SJ 22 NE OSWESTRY RURAL C.P. A 483 (west side)

5/162 Upper Sweeney - Farmhouse GV II

Farmhouse. Probably C17, refaced in brick early C18. Red brick (random bond) encasing or replacing timber frame, timber framed gables with plaster infill, slate roof. Hall range of 2 unequal framed bays with 2-bay cross-wing projecting to right; later (probably C18) gabled projection to left forming present H-plan. 2 storeys; framing: right gable has 3 vertical struts from tie beam to collar with V-struts from collar, left gable with single vertical strut from tie beam to collar; 1:1:1 windows, segmental-headed 16-paned sashes to ground floor (horned to centre) and casements directly below eaves to first floor (C19 to centre and right, C20 to left); boarded door under lean-to porch in angle with right gable; red brick stack in roof slope of hall range immediately to right of left gable. Full-length stone outshut to rear with mid-C19 rubblestone addition at right-angles to rear on left; C19 and C20 lean-tos to right of right gable. Interior: deep- chamfered spine beam with straight-cut stops to left and ogee stops to right in main ground-floor room (hall) with heavy joists; inglenook fireplace and C18 staircase with turned balusters to left end of room; several C17 plank and muntin doors with strap hinges, timber framed cross walls [concealed by wallpaper at time of re-survey (July 1985)] and roofs of Queen-strut construction.

Listing NGR: SJ2846425722