School Bank

WORTHEN C.P. BROMLOW SJ 30 SW

5/131 Nos. 2 and 3, School - Bank (formerly 21.3.68 listed as School Bank Famhobse)

GV II

Farmhouse, now divided into 2 cottages. C.1600 with later additions and alterations. Timber framed with plaster infill on painted brick plinth; machine tile roof. L-plan with gabled cross-wing projecting to rear. 2 storeys. Framing: small square and rectangular panels, 4 from cill to wall-plate but altered to front of main range, with occasional quatrefoil decoration and short straight tension braces; front gable of cross-wing has herringbone decoration above tie beam; collar and tie beam truss with raking and vertical struts and v-struts from collar to rear gable; massive projecting double-purlin ends and C19 cusped bargeboards to all gables. Mid-C19 fenestration; 3-light cast-iron Gothic casements, one to ground floor of main range and one to gabled half-dormer directly above, one on each floor to front gable of cross-wing. Entrances to left and right sides through boarded doors with bracketed lean-to hoods. Large ridge stack to right of main range rebuilt in mid-C19 blue engineering brick with moulded capping. Interior: not inspected but said to have massive deep-chamfered ceiling beams and heavy joists.

Listing NGR: SJ3214602513