Church Farmhouse

FIRST TURN 1. 1485 Church Farmhouse SP 4909 17/9 12.1.54. II 2. Farmhouse. RCHM 285. C16, consisting of a North East-South West range facing South East with a wing on North West with a later pent to it on North East. In the West angle is a Cl9 addition. The Cl6 range is 2-storeyed coursed rubble with a stone slate roof and 2 red brick end shafts, that on the South West being on a moulded stone base and carried down the outside of the house; in the South East face are 3 2-light 1st floor modem casement windows; the ground floor has similar windows and an original stone doorway with a 4-centred arch, moulded stop-chamfered jambs and blank shields in the spandrels. The Cl9 addition has a Welsh slate roof and on the South West end, a 2-storeyed 3-sided stone bay on a brick base; in its North West face are 2 gables and modern sash windows. In the pent on the North East are 2 unequal sized gabled dormers. Interior:- RCHM p 187 a. Includes in the South ground floor room an original stone fireplace with Ionic oak pilasters and an oak overmantel of 3 bays, also some early C17 panelling used as a dado. In the North East wall of the kitchen in the North West wing some original wattle and daub filling has recently been exposed. The 1st floor original stone fireplace has a modern wood surround and shelf.

Listing NGR: SP4963309792