Shavington Wood Farmhouse

SJ 63 NW; 5/100

MORETON SAY C.P., Shavington Wood Farmhouse

GV

II

Farmhouse. Dated 1536 with probably late C16 or early C17 addition, and C18 and late C19 additions at rear. Timber-framed with plastered and painted brick infill; left-hand gable end rebuilt in brick painted to represent framing. Plain tile roof. C19 red brick addition with slate roof. Framing: first-floor close studding and ground-floor rectangular panels (two from sole plate to first floor level) with short straight corner braces. Addition with large square panels (2 from sole plate to wall plate). Two framed bays with c.1600 addition to south- west of one framed bay. One storey and attic. North-west front: brick ridge stack off-centre to left and brick lateral stack at rear to right. Three large timber-framed gabled eaves dormers with 3-light wooden-framed metal casements. Central gable dated: "AD 1536". Two-window front; C20 three-light wooden casements to left. Boarded door off-centre to right with moulded architrave and late C19 timber framed gabled porch. Right-hand gable end: slightly jettied first floor with moulded bressumer and jettied gable with shaped end brackets. Gable rebuilt above collar in painted C19 brick. 3-light wooden attic casement and late C19 ground-floor square bay with 1-:3-:1- light small-paned wooden casements, bracketed eaves and hipped tile roof. C18 and C19 gabled brick wings at rear with brick stack in valley.

INTERIOR: central ground-floor room with ovolo-moulded ceiling beam (running front to back); large open fireplace has chamfered wooden lintel with ogee stops. Right-hand ground-floor room with chamfered ceiling beam (running front to back). 2-panelled door of c.1700 in left-hand ground-floor room with H-L hinges. Right-hand cross wall with angle braces and collar and tie-beam roof truss with v-struts. Tie beams cut to make doorway (now blocked). Left-hand cross wall (former external wall) with close studding and jettied gable with chamfered tie-beam and collar. Left-hand bay with staggered purlins and wind braces. Right-hand bay with chamfered purlins. C18 rear wing with C18 king-post truss.

Listing NGR: SJ6174539213