Shropshire Gate Farmhouse

WHITCHURCH RURAL C.P. OLD WOODHOUSE SJ 54 SE SJ 5817 4296 2/26 Shropshire Gate Farm- - house - II

Farmhouse. Mid-C17, with late C18 alterations and mid-to late C19 addition. Pebbledashed timber frame, partly rebuilt in red brick. Slate roof. Rendered brick addition with slate roof. Baffle-entry plan of 2 framed bays with C19 addition to west. One storey and attic and 2 storeys. South front: 3 windows; late C19 and C20 two-and 3-light wooden casements. Boarded door between first and second windows off-centre to left. One- storey lean-to brick addition to right. Rear: pair of gabled eaves dormers to right with C20 two-light wooden casements and first-floor 2- light wooden casement to left. Ground-floor C19 two-light wooden casement to left and C20 two-light wooden casement to right. Central boarded door. Large late C19 open lean-to porch. C19 addition with string course, 3 brick stacks and 2-:3-:2- window front to west with gabled break. Interior of C17 range: large central stack, truncated below ridge and with blocked fireplace. C17 oak winder stair behind stack and old boarded door beneath stairs with wrought-iron strap hinges. Substantial framing visible, including large jowl posts.

Listing NGR: SJ5817142962