Farthing Piece

ODDINGLEY CP CHURCH LANE (south side) SO 95 NW 6/194 Farthing Piece - II House. C17 or possibly earlier with mid-C19 and mid-C20 alterations. Timber-framed, painted brick infill and plain tiled roof. Three framed bays aligned north/south with external chimneys at gable ends; the north gable-end chimney has two re-used late C15 spiral-fluted stacks, one concave and the other convex with concave octagonal caps (they are probably re-used); the south gable-end chimney is C19 and has two concave octagonal stacks. Single storey and attic with dormers. Framing: three panels from sill to wall-plate, long straight braces in lower corners, collar and tie- beam truss at west gable end, with one of probably three struts visible to collar and V-strut in apex. Windows are C20 leaded casements: East front elevation: ground floor has two 2-light windows and a single-light window, three gabled dormers with 2-light windows; central C19 gabled balustrated porch on a brick base with a moulded pendant finial and C20 door with a cambered head. Interior said to retain original roof and north end fire- place. C20 addition at north end encloses former external chimney, also C20 extension to south of rear elevation. The house was previously known as Rose Cottage. (VCH 3 (ii) p 456; BoE p 228).

Listing NGR: SO9095059459