Weatheroak Farmhouse

SP 07 SE ALVECHURCH CP RADFORD ROAD (south side) Weatheroak Hill

7/20 Weatheroak Farmhouse (formerly listed as 23.4.52 Weatheroak Hill Farmhouse)

GV II

Farmhouse. Late C16, early C17 and late C17 incorporating a fragment of an open hall house. Timber-frame with rendered infill and probably rendered sandstone. Plan is complex, single bay to north end late C16, next bay early C17, south cross-wing and bay in line with rest late C17, stack in latter bay has three diamond shafts. East front: two storeys with gabled cross-wing to left (probably rendered sandstone), four windows: mostly 3-light C20 casements; ground floor: canted bay window with lean-to roof, then three windows of two, five and three lights; roughly central a C20 gabled porch with 3-light casement to front, replacing a two-storey timber-framed porch. Framing: herringbone to first floor, slightly jettied over close-studded ground floor; gable of cross- wing has two collars and ornamental bracing. Interior: against the north face of the main stack are the remnants of a truss with two struts and collar with extensive smoke-blackening.

Listing NGR: SP0561474030