Upper House Farmhouse

STANFORD WITH ORLETON CP ORLETON SO 66 NE

5/182 Upper House Farmhouse

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Farmhouse. Early C17 with C18 wing; remodelled mid-C18 with mid-C19 and mid-C20 alterations. Part timber-framed with rendered infill on sandstone rubble plinth, part brick; plain tiled roofs. L-plan; main part of C19 brick and of 3:1 bays aligned north-west/south-east; rear north-east return adjoins surviving framed single bay with large external sandstone rubble chimney and truncated stack at north-east gable end. Two storeys, attic and cellar with dentilled eaves cornice. Framing: six panels from sill to wall-plate; collar and tie-beam truss with three struts; to collar and V-strut in apex at north-east gable end. South-west front elevation: three-bay part has irregularly spaced bays; all openings have cambered heads and moulded architraves; windows are all 12-pane sashes; entrance between first and second bays has a 6-panelled door and transom light with three glazing- bars. Single-bay part has a C20 ground floor 2-light casement. Large ridge stack at junction. Interior not inspected. Main entrance in lean-to addition at rear. Timber-framed part has an attic light in its gable end, a cross-casement on both floors in the angle with the main part and a cellar door, ground floor 3-light casement and first floor cross-casement in its north-west elevation. Part of the Winnington Estate.

Listing NGR: SO6936166851