Cause Castle Farmhouse

SJ 30 NW WESTBURY C.P. -

8/96 Cause Castle Farmhouse -

GV II

Shown on O.S. map as Causecastle Farm. Farmhouse. Soon after 1810. Rendered, probably over coursed sandstone rubble; slate roof. L-plan. 2 stages and attic. Deep eaves; 3 symmetrically placed brick ridge stacks. North-east front: 1:1:1:1 bays, centre and outer bays slightly projecting with triangular-pedimented gables above; 12- and 20- paned glazing bar sashes, second and fourth on ground floor blind; central pair of half-glazed doors (glazed with small panes) with 3- bay cast iron porch consisting of plain circular columns, and flat top with diagonally strutted wrought-iron balustrade. Roof dormers and rendered brick lower wing at rear. Interior not inspected but said to contain some reused timbers and likely to be of further interest. The farmhouse stands on the slope of a hill, to the north-west of the extensive earthworks of Caus Castle (County A.M. No. 68). V.C.H. Vol. VIII, p. 310; C. Ryan, The Evolution of the Peasant House in Shropshire.Medieval-c. 1850. The Parish of Westbury, unpublished thesis (October 1979),Manchester University, p. 240.

Listing NGR: SJ3392308038