Lower Santley

WORTHEN C.P. - SJ 30 SE

6/92 Lower Santley -

• II

Farmhouse, now disused. C17, eaves raised and front wall rebuilt late C18 with later additions and alterations. Timber framed on rubblestone plinth with front wall rebuilt in stone, now roughcast; slate roof, graded to rear. 3-unit baffle-entry plan. 2 storeys; late C19 and C20 casements (some cast iron), one to left and one to centre directly below eaves; ground floor has 3 casements to left of gabled porch over original entrance and one to right; subsidiary boarded door to right with gabled hood. Red brick ridge stack immediately to right of porch and external end stack to left with red brick shaft. Mid- to late C19 lean-to rubblestone dairy to rear has cast-iron latticed window. Interior: timber frame exposed to back wall and cross-walls; square and rectangular panels, 3 from cill to wall-plate, with long straight tension braces to main cross-wall. Left ground-floor room has chamfered cross-beam with elaborate ogee stops; straight-flight C19 oak staircase to back wall with flat moulded balusters and C20 fireplace to external stack. Middle room (present kitchen) has chamfered ceiling beam, also with elaborate ogee stops and inglenook fireplace with massive wooden lintel. Chamfered spine beam with heavy joists to right room. Plank and muntin doors with pointed strap hinges throughout on both floors. First-floor rooms have original oak floorboards and there is a cast- iron Victorian fireplace to left room; large rendered stepped brick stack to right wall of middle room. Staggered single- purlin roof in 3 bays with collar and tie beam centre trusses.

Listing NGR: SJ3517800635