Numbers 22 And 23, Top Farmhouse

SJ 50 SW 6/150 29.5.84

PITCHFORD C.P. PITCHFORD Nos. 22 and 23 (Top Farmhouse) (formerly listed as Nos 22 and 23 (Top Farm)) )

GV II

Farmhouse. Mid-to late C16 with later C19 alterations and additions. Timber framed with rendered wattle and daub and red brick nogging; coursed red-sandstone and red brick additions; plain tile roof with catslide over outshut at rear. L-plan; 3 framed bays with additions at rear. One storey and attic with 2-storey addition, 2 gabled eaves dormers with 2-light wooden casements, shaped barge boards, and finials; brick stack behind ridge off-centre to left; integral brick end stack to right, and external brick end stack to rear wing. Framing: heavy square panels (3 from sole-plate to wall-plate) with short straight corner braces. 4-window front; one- and 3-light C19 wooden casements including canted bay second from left; gabled porch off-centre to right with pierced scalloped barge boards and finial, and door with 6 flush panels. Left-hand gable end with C19 gabled porch, C19 two-light attic casement, and exposed collar and tie-beam truss with queen struts and v-struts. 2 gabled wings at rear. Interior: chamfered beams and joists with ogee stops; square-panelled framed cross-walls, both with shaped-headed blocked doorways; large open fireplace with chamfered lintel ; various C19 fireplaces; dairy in outshut at rear with low shelves.

Listing NGR: SJ5301303720