Ruewood Farmhouse

LOPPINGTON C.P. COMMON WOOD ROAD SJ 42 NE (south side) 10/27 Ruewood Farmhouse - - II Farmhouse, now house. Mid-C16 extended c.1654 with later additions and alterations. Timber framed with rendered infill and partial red brick rebuilding (painted to front); concrete tile roof. Original house of 2 framed bays, possibly open to roof, extended and converted to 3- unit baffle-entry plan c.1654; left bay largely rebuilt in brick mid- C19. One storey and attic. Framing: close studding with long straight tension brace to C16 part, 3 square panels from cill to wall-plate to C17 addition with V-struts from collar to right gable end. Late C19 casements to left and right of timber framed porch dated 1654, left with segmental head; fixed-light window to right; gabled eaves dormers directly above casements, left C19, right late C20. Position of infilled 2-light window immediately to right of right casement. Porch has C20 outer door and position of infilled windows visible in framing to side walls. C19 red brick ridge stack immediately in line with porch and external end stack to left. Interior: inspection not possible at time of resurvey (January 1986) but noted as having deep-chamfered spine beam in ground-floor room to right of porch. The remains of a hearth are said to have been discovered in the room to the left of porch. Late C19 gabled brick addition at right-angles to rear, extended C20, is not of special architectural interest.

Listing NGR: SJ4972227696