Sutton House

TENBURY CP BROMYARD ROAD (west side) SO 66 NW 3/68 Sutton House

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Farmhouse. Circa 1600, remodelled mid-C18 with mid-C19 and mid-C20 alterations. Brick with some timber-framing and brick infill; slate roofs and gable-end parapets with kneelers. Brick end stacks and also brick stack at rear. Two storeys and attic with dentilled eaves cornice. Three plus one bays; the single-bay part is probably a later addition and of greater width. Windows on main storeys are all 4-pane C19 sashes with basket-arched heads. There is a gabled dormer between bays 2 and 3, which has a 12-pane sash with a semi-circular head. Beneath the dormer is the main entrance which has a six-panelled door with a transom light. Between bays 3 and 4 are two blocked doorways. Partly timber-framed wing to rear left. It has four panels from sill to wall-plate and a collar and tie-beam truss with five struts below the collar and a V-strut above. There is a lean-to outshut to the remaining rear elevation of the main range. Interior: C18. Oak dogleg staircase with moulded hand rail and turned balusters in entrance hall. Kitchen to the east said to contain some circa 1650 panelling. Also room in oldest part recorded to have moulded oak ceiling beams dividing the space into square panels. (VCH, IV, p 364).

Listing NGR: SO6168765659