Castle Hill Farmhouse

SO 49 NE WOOLSTASTON C.P. -

4/101 Castle Hill Farmhouse -

GV II

Farmhouse. Mid-Cl7 with mid-C20 additions. Timber framed on brick plinth with painted brick nogging, extended in painted brick with planted timbers; plain roof. Baffle-entry plan of 2 framed bays with later additions to left-and rear. Framing: square panels, 3 from sole plate to wall plate (top panels divided), with short straight corner braces. One storey and attic. 3 large gabled full eaves dormers with 3-light wooden casements; brick ridge stack off-centre to right (formerly central) and brick stack behind ridge off-centre to left. 3-window front; large C20 plate glass window in left-hand addition, pair of 3-light wooden casements to right flanking probably late C19 timber framed gabled porch with panelled door. Right-hand gable end has collar and tie-beam truss with queen struts and v-struts. One storey timber framed (closely-spaced uprights) outbuilding adjoining to right with high sandstone rubble plinth; right-hand gable end with 3-light window and boarded loft-door. C20 flat-roofed addition to rear of house. Interior not inspected but likely to be of interest. V.C.H., Vol. VIII, p.173.

Listing NGR: SO4690699123