Church Croft

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SP 0849 4/29

CLEEVE PRIOR BIDFORD ROAD Church Croft

(Formerly listed as MAIN STREET (North Side) Church Croft, previously listed as Home Farmhouse)

30.7.59

GV II

House early to mid C18, squared coursed blue lias stone with hipped modern plain tile roof. Two-storey and attic, three hipped dormers to south front, two to east side. West end wall stack and rear wall stack. Raised plinth and moulded limestone eaves cornice. Double fronted three window range: glazing bar sashes, four pane width outer, three pane width in centre. Arched central door with radiating bar fanlight and six panel door. Open pediment Doric doorcase with fluted pilasters and panelled reveals.

East side: three windows with raised keystones to heads, one with Gothick intersecting glazing bars. To rear one and a half storey service and dovecote range, blue lias stone with plain tile roof, two gabled dormers, six panel door and one ground floor window.

Dovecote section has plain wall and small lantern on ridge. Beyond barn range, stone with corrugated roof. Five close spaced bays with tie-beam and collar trusses with angle struts.

Listing NGR: SP0878749264