Glebe Farmhouse

COUND C.P. UPPER COUND SJ 5504 13/111 Glebe Farmhouse

• GV II Farmhouse, now house. Dated 1701, incorporating remains of an earlier house with mid- to late C19 alterations and additions. Red brick with C20 machine tile roofs. U-plan; central range aligned north-east/ south-west with flanking gabled cross-wings projecting to north-west, 1701 to north-east and mid- to late C19 to south-west. South-east front: dentil brick eaves cornice to centre and left-hand return front, plat band and parapeted gable ends to 1701 range, and central brick stack off-ridge to front. 2 first-floor segmental-headed C19 wooden cross-windows flanking small 2-light casement, and 2 ground-floor segmental-headed 3-light wooden casements; ledges to former dovecote and central stone sundial (gnomon missing) in right-hand gable. Left- hand return front of 2 bays with 2- and 3-light segmental-headed C19 wooden casements; 2-window right-hand return front with C20 casements and central C20 glazed door. Datestone in rear gable-end of 1701 wing with moulded edges and inscribed: A Interior: chamfered beams; W A collar and tie-beam roof trusses 1701 with queen struts, largely reused timbers; dairy with low shelves. William Atkis enlarged Glebe Farmhouse in 1701. V.C.H., Vol. VIII, p.61.

Listing NGR: SJ5534204781