The Barracks And The Barracks Cottage

RICHARDS CASTLE

SO56NW WOOFFERTON 482-1/13/175 The Barracks and The Barracks Cottage

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Formerly known as: Nos.9, 10, 11 AND 12 Woofferton Court Cottages Woofferton. House, altered to 4 houses, now 2 houses. C16 core, C18 and C19 extensions and extensively restored 1993. Painted timber-frame with painted cement-rendered infill panels on painted brick and painted stone rubble plinths. Painted cement-rendered extension walls. Plain-tile roofs. EXTERIOR: 3 C19 brick ridge stacks with dentil course capping. 5 framed bays aligned north-south with cross wing at south end and side extension at east. East-facing framed main range facade: heavily restored rectangular panelled framing 3 panels high above first-floor girding beam and 2 panels high below. C20 casement to left and C19 casement to right. Ground-floor restored casement with metal lattice lights to left. C20 projecting tiled lean-to porch over plain door to right. Bay to north masked by east extension. North gable end: restored single casement of 3 lights with metal lattice glazing to ground and first floors, and 2-light casement to attic. End truss framing of square framing, straight tie beam, 3 struts under collar with 2 over framing attic window. West-facing framed wall of 4 bays of square framing 4 panel high. 4 restored first-floor casements and 3 at ground floor, all of 3 lights with metal lattice glazing except left-hand windows at first floor which are single light. East extension wing: remodelled timber framing to west bay and rendered brick to east bay, all with restored casement windows with metal lattice glazing. South cross wing forming Barracks Cottage: late C19 with imitation square framing. 3-light casement with metal lattice glazing at each gable. 2 at ground level flanking central projecting porch with 2 gabled dormers interrupting eaves. INTERIOR: bridging beams with ogee chamfer stops. Swept braces at ground and first floor in north bay. Plain chamfered C17 framed doorway in east wall frame. (Salop County Council Sites and Monuments Record: SA 15022).

Listing NGR: SO5190668757