Oak House Farmhouse

ELLESMERE RURAL C.P. - SJ 33 SE 8/73 Oak House Farmhouse - - II Farmhouse. Late C17 with later additions and alterations. Timber framed with red brick infill, cladding and plinth and early to mid-C18 brick to left gable end; slate roof. One storey and attic; apparently in 3 framed bays. Framing: square and rectangular panels, 4 from cill to wall-plate with short straight brace to left of centre and 3 square and tall rectangular panels to right and right gable end, which has collar and tie beam truss. C20 casements, 2 to left and 2 to right of roughly central boarded door with one directly below eaves above right window. Gabled eaves dormer immediately above entrance. Red brick ridge stack to right of centre and integral end stack to left, both with tops rebuilt in late C19 brick. Full-length red brick and corrugated iron lean-tos to rear. Interior. Inspection not possible at time of resurvey (February 1987) but noted as having chamfered ceiling beams and joists to ground-floor rooms.

Listing NGR: SJ3922231559