Pond House Farmhouse

WORTHEN C.P. ASTON ROGERS SJ 30 NW

2/108 Pond House Farmhouse - (formerly listed 21.3.68 as Pond House)

GV II

Shown on O.S. map as Pound House. Farmhouse. Late C15 or early C16, extended early C17 with later additions and alterations. Timber framed with painted brick infill; slate roofs. L-plan comprising hall range of 4 unequal framed bays with short 2- bay cross-wing added to left in early C17. 2 storeys. Framing: square panels, 4 from cill to wall-plate with short straight tension braces to back wall of hall range and 2 above inserted brick plinth to front; right gable end clad in late C20 brick and left gable end rebuilt in mid-C19 brick but retaining jowled wall posts. Cross-wing has square and rectangular panels, 4 from cill to wall-plate with short straight tension braces; upper and lower collars with vertical struts. 1:2 windows, late C19 and C20 casements. Entrance through mid-C19 gabled brick porch with 4-panel door and pointed overlight in angle between ranges. Red brick ridge stack directly above with subsidiary brick stack in front part of roof slope to far right. Interior: chamfered ceiling beams to ground-floor rooms, those in main room with unusually- shaped ogee stops; large inglenook fireplace with chamfered wooden lintel. Jowled wall-post with brace supporting tie beam visible on oak winder staircase to back wall. Plank and muntin doors with pointed strap hinges throughout. Collar and tie beam roof in 4 bays to hall range (including chimney bay) has double purlins and straight windbraces. The house stands within a well-preserved oval-shaped moat (now dry).

Listing NGR: SJ3421606547