Upper Park Farmhouse

BECKLEY AND STOWOOD BECKLEY SP51SE 2/1B Upper Park Farmhouse

• II

Farmhouse, now house. Late C16/early C17, remodelled c.1700. Timber framing with brick infill; limestone rubble with brick dressings; old plain-tile roof with brick gable stacks, 2-unit plan, extended to L-plan. 2 storeys, and 2 storeys plus attics. 5-window front has taller 3-window early C18 range, to left, with enlarged C20 windows to ground and first floors and a central dormer. Timber-framed range, to right, has brick infilling in Flemish bond with flared headers. Gable wall, to right, rebuilt with massive brick-quoined projecting chimney. Rear wing, to right, has brick quoins and possibly earlier squared blocks at plinth level. C20 extension in angle of ranges. Interior: Exposed framing with first-floor cross beam lodged on hewn brackets; heavy jowled posts to end frame; clasped-purlin roof with queen-post truss and curved windbraces; dog-leg stair, with heavy turned balusters, rising to attic; very wide open fireplace; C18 fireplace; old plank doors with original ironmongery.

Listing NGR: SP5724311414