Church Farm

SJ 9214-9314 9/84

PENKRIDGE C.P. PINFOLD LANE (south-west side) Church Farm

GV II

House. Probably C15 with early C18 additions and rebuilding. Red brick replacing timber frame; plain tile roof; brick ridge stack and integral end stack.

T-shaped plan; a two-bay building containing the remains of the C15 house aligned north-east/south-west with an early C18 extension, possibly a malt house, to the south-west, on the same alignment and an early C18 crosswing to the north-east aligned north-west/south-east; a cottage extension projects south-east from the malt house.

In three parts, gabled crosswing to the left of two storeys and attic with floor bands, two-storey central range with eaves band, and slightly lower two-storey malt house extension to the right.

Crosswing: two windows, casements with segmental heads, mid-C19 bay window to ground floor right, central attic window with straight head.

Central range: two windows, casements; C20 lean-to porch to the left.

Malt house: Casements to ground floor left and right and first floor left.

Interior: Chamfered and stopped ceiling beams; several early C18 doors; cross-wing contains dog-leg staircase with turned balusters and moulded hand rail; south-west bay of central range enclosed by two cruck trusses with curved wind braces, north-east bay has a C16 sandstone fireplace with chamfered and stopped timber bresummer; malt house roof has angle struts extending from tie beam to principals.

Church Farm no longer functions as a farm, the address referring to the house only.

Listing NGR: SJ9208614194