Clipstone Farmhouse

TF 93 SE FULMODESTON CROXTON

2/27 Clipstone Farmhouse

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Farmhouse. c.1800. Red brick, black glazed pantiles. 2 storey 3 bay house with 2 bay returns. Symmetrical four square block in the Leicester estate Samuel Wyattesque neo-classical style. Ground floor 2 tripartite sashes with glazing bars and central 6 panelled door with margin lights with glazing bars and simple fanlight. Segmental arched rubbed brick recesses above filled with header bond brick. First floor 3 sashes with glazing bars under cambered rubbed brick arches. Moulded gault brick dentil eaves cornice. Shallow pitched roof with 2 stacks. South return with 2 ground and 2 first floor sashes with glazing bars under rubbed brick arch. North return 3 bays 2 ground and 2 first floor sashes with glazing barn under arches. Central 6 part fielded door under pentice with cast iron brackets and segmental brick arched recess. Rear 2 storey service wing with single storey gabled wing at right angles and single storey wing continued on axis, all red brick and pantiled with some cast iron casement windows.

Listing NGR: TF9730530348