8 And 9, Aston Munslow

SO58NW 1312-1/11/142 15/03/74

MUNSLOW ASTON MUNSLOW Nos.8 AND 9 15/03/74 (Formerly Listed as: MUNSLOW ASTON Nos.8 AND 9)

GV II

Farmhouse, now 2 houses. Late C16, with C20 extensions. Painted timber frame with painted render infill panels, painted and unpainted stone rubble. Graduated slate roof. Brick integral end stack and projecting rendered eaves stack with brick shaft to front. T-shaped plan consisting of main range and cross wing. EXTERIOR: single storey and attic. Street front with 2 jettied gables, one over the main range to right and larger cross wing gable to left. All framing is close-studded at ground storey, first-floor girding beam (moulded and jettied to the main range gable only), single tier of square framing with inset diagonal braces, jettied straight tie beams with run-out chamfers, vertical struts and collar with inset diagonal braces. Projecting stack divides the gables and main range continues to right with painted rubble extension. Main range gable has 3-light attic casement and 2-light and 3-light casements below, cross wing gable has one 2-light casement at both storeys. Right return gable covered by later slate-roofed lean-to extension with C20 casement. Left return side: cross wing side wall with close studding below girding beam, single tier of square framing above with straight arched brace, 2-light casement inset in close studding. Left side partly covered by C20 single-storey gabled slate-roofed extension wing containing entrance door. Rear: cross wing gable to right with square framing 3 panels high, straight tie beam, vertical struts and collar. 2-light casements at each storey, partly covered to right by C20 single-storey stone extension. Square framing 3 panels high to left partly covered by lean-to extension and incorporating door and casements. INTERIOR: ground-floor rooms with exposed timber framing and moulded stop-chamfered ceiling beams. Twin-purlin roof over main range and single-purlin roof over cross wing.

Listing NGR: SO5126286646