Pitchford Park Farmhouse

SJ 50 SW 6/125

PITCHFORD C.P. Pitchford Park Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. Circa 1774, by John Gwynn(e) (1713-86) of Shrewsbury. Red brick with slate roof. 2 storeys and attic over basement. Dentil brick eaves cornice and parapeted gable ends; pairs of gabled eaves dormers to north and south with 2-light wooden casements, and integral brick end stacks. North front: 2 windows; 16-pane glazing bar sashes with painted lintels; roughly central doorway has door with 6 flush panels, 3-part rectangular overlight and gabled lattice wooden porch. Rear: 3-bays with blocked central doorway; left hand sash has been cut down to create French casements and C20 casement has been inserted to left. Probably later one storey service wing adjoining to west: one storey and attic; 2 gabled eaves dormers to south and one to north, and integral brick end stack; north front has pair of boarded doors to right with 4-part segmental-headed overlight and C20 lean-to addition to left. Interior of house not inspected but likely to be of interest because of its architect. John Gwynn(e) was the architect of the English Bridge in Shrewsbury and Atcham Bridge, one of the founder members of the Royal Academy, and the author of a book on the planning of London. The farmhouse forms a close group with a former coach house to the east. VCH, Vol VIII p.117; Colvin, p.374; John Summerson, Architecture in Britain 1530-1830, Penguin (1977), p.448.

Listing NGR: SJ5189404175