Townhead Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1953. Farmhouse.
Townhead Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- burning-corridor-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 May 1953
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ALTON C.P. TOWN HEAD (North-west side) SK 0642-0742 13/61 Town Head Farmhouse 2.5.53 GV II
Farmhouse. Late C18 remodelling of a C17 house, with later alterations. Ashlar with herringbone tooling; plain tile roof with coped verges; brick integral end stacks. Main house aligned east-west facing south, 2 rear wings aligned north-south, linked by a central outshut. 3 storeys with coved eaves; 3 bays, 3-light flat face mullioned windows to second floor left and right, single-light casement to second floor centre in original surround, otherwise C20 casements; semi-circular step to central door with reeded pilasters and open pediment over a fanlight; circular sundial dated 1787 to first floor left of centre. The single-bay rear wings have 3-light flat face mullioned windows. Interior: Date stone inscribed W.B. 1626 over the arch to a former stone staircase.
Listing NGR: SK0755642445
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