Old Manor Farmhouse

ASHTON UNDER HILL CP BECKFORD ROAD (west side) SO 9837 - 9937 11/6 22/3A Old Manor Farmhouse (formerly listed as 30-7-59 Lower Manor Farmhouse and Dovecote) GV II

Farmhouse. Dated 1638, altered early C19. Timber-framed with rendered infill on rubble base, refaced to front with brick in a patterned Flemish bond of red stretchers and yellow headers, and with some limestone rubble walling. Part limestone tiled roof laid in diminishing courses and part plain tiled roof. Ashlar stacks with moulded capping, the north end one dated 1638. Hall and cross-wing plan; hall part is of three bays and a through-passage bay aligned north/south with a large chimney backing onto the passage. The cross-wing, situated at the north end, is of two bays and has a large external ashlar chimney with offsets and moulded capping on its north side; the chimney is dated 1638. Single storey and attic with dormers. Framing: collar and tie- beam truss with two collars, three struts to lower collar, two to upper collar and V-strut in apex at south gable end. East front elevation: hall part has a 3-light C19 casement with a cambered head and an original 3-light stone chamfered mullioned window on the ground floor and three pebbledashed gabled dormers with 3-light C19 casements. The main entrance has a cambered stone head with relief mouldings in spandrels, stone jambs inscribed with the Baldwyn family initials and a C20 door. The cross-wing gable end has a ground floor and attic window, both of which are 3-light C19 casements with cambered heads. Attic light in south gable end. A rubble addition (probably a former dairy) adjoins to rear left. The house was the former home of the Baldwyn family. Interior: timber-framing exposed including original roof structure with collar and tie-beam truss. Main rooms have stop-chamfered main ceiling beams and joists. Doors off passageway have moulded architraves. Large fireplaces in three main ground floor rooms.

Listing NGR: SO9962737525